Mastodon genome sheds light on human evolution

“An analysis of genetic material painstakingly retrieved from an ancient mastodon tooth has pushed back the date that mammoths diverged from elephants by about 2 million years” - New Scientist

Tags: DNA, Genome, Science

Posted on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at 7:03 am

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