Low genetic diversity is part of rhinos’ long-term history, study says

Mongabay
Aug 31, 2021, 6:35 am199 pts
Scientists have debated the evolution of the world’s five living rhinoceros species ever since Charles Darwin addressed the question in a treatise in the mid-1800s, predating On the Origin of Species. Three main schools of thought prevail. The “horn hypothesis” suggests that rhinos with two horns evolved…

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