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== Evolution ==
The oldest confirmed fossil attributed to ''Testudo graeca'' originates from the Early Pliocene of Greece.<ref>Vlachos E (2015). "The Fossil Chelonians of Greece. Systematics – Evolution – Stratigraphy – Palaeoecology". Scientific Annals of the School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. 173: 1–479.</ref> However, fossils tentatively identified as ''Testudo cf. graeca'' have also been reported from the Middle and Late Miocene of both Greece and Turkey, suggesting a more ancient and geographically diverse origin.<ref>Vlachos E, Tsoukala E (2014). "Testudo cf. graeca from the new Late Miocene locality of Platania (Drama basin, N. Greece) and a reappraisal of previously published specimens". ''Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece''. 48: 27–40. doi:10.12681/bgsg.11046.</ref><ref>Staesche K, Karl HV, Staesche U (2007). "Fossile Schildkröten aus der Türkei". In: Fossile Schildkröten aus Drei Kontinenten. 98: 91–149.</ref>