New genetic analyses help scientists rethink the elephant family tree

Mongabay
Aug 3, 2017, 8:10 am82 pts
The first DNA analysis of ancient straight-tusked elephant fossils may be changing what we know about elephant evolution. Scientists have presumed that a species of giant elephant called Palaeoloxodon antiquus, which roamed across Europe and Asia over 30,000 years ago, was most closely related to Asian…

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