Genetic Analysis Gives Hope That Extinct Tortoise Species May Live Again
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 12:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to genetic data gleaned from the bones found in a several museum collections, an international team of researchers led by scientists from Yale believes it may be possible to resurrect a tortoise species hunted to extinction by whalers visiting the Galapagos Islands during the early 19th century, before Charles Darwin made his famous visit.