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New Elephant Species
Scientists use changes in DNA as a type of clock to estimate how long two species have been separated. Researchers found that ...
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Evolution and taxonomy of Asian elephants
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 ...
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Giant Sloths the Size of Elephants Once Walked Along the Ground. Here’s How the Massive Animals Evolved and Declined
Researchers analyzed fossils and DNA to get a big-picture view of sloth evolution and determine what drove their immense size ...
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African Elephants Really Two Wildly Different Species?
For example, forest elephants live in ... (Related: "Mammoths to Return? DNA Advances Spur Resurrection Debate.") The genomes of five distinct animals—the Asian elephant, African savanna ...
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The Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern ... group collected samples from elephant dung in Cambodia's northern plains and extracted DNA. From the DNA they were ...
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Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time
Asian elephants have been documented deliberately burying the bodies of their calves in the first scientific report of such behaviour in this species. Five buried calves were discovered in ...
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Study says endangered Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern ... group collected samples from elephant dung in Cambodia's northern plains and extracted DNA. From the DNA they were ...