DNA analysis of the bones (the first ancient DNA from this species) showed them not to be genetically distinct from living Asian elephants, even though they ... They are said to be pygmies, perhaps an ...

The science is clear: Asian elephants share 99.6% of their DNA with woolly mammoths. While the 0.4% difference might seem small, it’s an enormous challenge to bridge. Modern gene-editing tools ...

A study of elephants in Cambodia had a surprising but welcome outcome: a larger and more robust population than anticipated. A multinational team analysed DNA from dung samples collected by ...

Over time, DNA can degrade into numerous short fragments that wiggle ... the order of genes was very similar to that of the Asian elephant. Then, upon analyzing the X chromosomes, they confirmed the ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A genetic study of Asian elephants in ... group collected samples from elephant dung in Cambodia’s northern plains and extracted DNA. From the DNA they were able ...