The last of the woolly mammoths originated in North America. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Hendrik Poinar)
ScienceDaily: In a surprising reversal of conventional wisdom, a DNA-based study has revealed that the last of the woolly mammoths—which lived between 40,000 and 4,000 years ago—had roots that were exclusively North American.
The research, which appears in the September issue of Current Biology, is expected to cause some controversy within the paleontological community.
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Saturday, September 06, 2008