Tarheel59 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Not sure if anyone has this linked here yet on TFF but nice info.My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 very interesting Tarheel, thanks! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Very Interesting. DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 very very interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diplotomodon Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Interesting? Fascinating! What a wonderful menagerie! Who would believe that such as register lay buried in the strata? To open the leaves, to unroll the papyrus, has been an intensely interesting though difficult work, having all the excitement and marvelous development of a romance. And yet the volume is only partly read. Many a new page I fancy will yet be opened. -- Edward Hitchcock, 1858 Formerly known on the forum as Crimsonraptor @Diplotomodon on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Problems with this article as reported. -It is unlikely that two species with a million years of separation between them could interbreed. Either they weren't separated by a million years, or they didn't interebreed, -I believe there is only one species of African elephant? Brent Ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel59 Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) Problems with this article as reported. -It is unlikely that two species with a million years of separation between them could interbreed. Either they weren't separated by a million years, or they didn't interebreed, -I believe there is only one species of African elephant? Brent Ashcraft Some say that there should be 2 species of African elephant Brent. Check it out My link But hey I am not qualified to say yeah or nay Edited June 2, 2011 by Tarheel59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Very interesting, thanks for posting. Those species did live at the same time, in N.America, but they arrived here1 million years apart. Yes there are at least two species of African elephant. Oh, and with these types of studies you always have to worry about contamination in the DNA samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Some say that there should be 2 species of African elephant Brent. Check it out My link But hey I am not qualified to say yeah or nay Interesting, but it sound like they were in the process of speciating, but are now homogenizing. Their error range for seperation is also huge, not causig me to look at their work with great confidence. It sounds to me like the mammologists have a bad case of "splitters", also common among people who study fossil sharks. Completely uncurable in most cases. Brent Ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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