Mammoth Succession

2001/01/03 Carton Virto, Eider - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Eboluzioa
• Zoologia

Researcher Mark Thomas of University College London has compared the 14,000 year old bone AND with the most elephant today. He has researched a part of the gene of both species and, after several analyses, has concluded that the African elephant has a greater genetic similarity with mammoths.

Researchers manufacture genetic trees that study genes and establish relationships among individuals, and have found that they do not exactly match the trees that classify species. Typical classifications focus primarily on animal morphology and contributions from genetic research can lead to more than one surprise.

Research based on elephant skeletons, for example, placed the Indian family closer to ghosts. Dr. Thomas believes that these investigations have not been based on the characteristics of the entire team.

The most direct heirs of Asian or African elephants have highlighted the differences in two research methodologies and classification of species evolution. Molecular biologists and paleontologists can walk new paths together.