🐘🦥🐪 Happy #MammothMonday - A new mammoth lineage that diverged from other North American species approximately 416,000 years ago was revealed in the journal Science. The specimens were discovered during airport construction near Mexico City.
Researchers were able to extract DNA from more than 80 mammoths, uncovering the new lineage (Clade 1G), indicating a split from their North American cousins between 416,000 and 307,000 years ago.
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