Centuries-old elephant imposter unmasked

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 10:00 in Biology & Nature

Through state-of-the-art ancient DNA and protein research and an extensive investigation of historical literature, researchers have determined a 300-year-old type specimen for Asian elephants is actually an African elephant.

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