Palaeogenomes of Eurasian straight-tusked elephants challenge the current view of elephant evolution

Palaeogenomes of Eurasian straight-tusked elephants challenge the current view of elephant evolution

The straight-tusked elephants Palaeoloxodon spp. were widespread across Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Phylogenetic reconstructions using morphological traits have grouped them with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), and many paleontologists place Palaeoloxodon within Elephas. Here, we report the r...

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Main Authors: Matthias Meyer, Eleftheria Palkopoulou, Sina Baleka, Mathias Stiller, Kirsty E H Penkman, Kurt W Alt, Yasuko Ishida, Dietrich Mania, Swapan Mallick, Tom Meijer, Harald Meller, Sarah Nagel, Birgit Nickel, Sven Ostritz, Nadin Rohland, Karol Schauer, Tim Schüler, Alfred L Roca, David Reich, Beth Shapiro, Michael Hofreiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-06-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Elephas antiquus
ancient DNA
paleogenomes
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/25413

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