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Scientists have pieced together part of the genetic recipe of the extinct woolly mammoth.
The 5,000 DNA letters spell out the genetic code of its mitochondria, the structures in the cell that generate energy.
The research, published in the online edition of Nature, gives an insight into the el...
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Ilford mammoth
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1824 The entire skeleton of a large mammoth was recently discovered near London, at Ilford, in the county of Essex, near Stratford and Bow. It lay buried at a depth of about sixteen feet, in a large quarry of diluvial loam and clay which is excavated for making bricks. Mr John Gibson, of Stratford, dili...
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Cyclops
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A cyclops, in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead. The name is widely thought to mean "circle-eyed". Another possible origin for the Cyclops legend, advanced by the palaeontologist Ot...
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Elephant
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Palaeoloxodon
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Extinct elephant 'survived late' in North China Wild elephants living in North China 3,000 years ago belonged to the extinct genus Palaeoloxodon, scientists say. They had previously been identified as Elephas maximus, the Asian elephant that still inhabits southern China. The findings sugges...
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