Re: Woolly Mammoth/Aichi Expo 2005

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

Isn't this old news?  I remember a comparative genetic study from about
5-10 years ago arriving at the same conclusion.

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On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:41:37 -0400 (EDT) MKIRKALDY@aol.com writes:
> Woolly Mammoth Closer to Asian Elephants
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/17/AR2005061
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> 8.html
> The  Associated Press
> Friday, June 17, 2005; 9:56 PM 
> TOKYO -- Japanese  scientists said Friday that DNA tests have shown 
> that the 
> prehistoric woolly  mammoth is more closely related to Asian 
> elephants than to 
> their African  counterparts, settling a long-running debate over the 
> lineage 
> of the giant  animals that went extinct 10,000 years ago.
> <snip>
> The almost perfectly preserved head of a 10,000-year-old Siberian 
> woolly  
> mammoth _ excavated from the Siberian tundra last June _ is 
> currently on display  
> at the Aichi Expo 2005 in central Japan.
> ____
>  
> Also see the website at: (http://www.yukagirmammoth.net/) 
> http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/mammoth/index.html
> and pictures of the  skull at:
> http://www.yukagirmammoth.net/
>  
> Mary
> 
>