They reconstructed the mitochondrial genomes from several mastodon specimens: five from Nova Scotia and the eastern seaboard, one of which may date to approximately 500,000 years ago, and for the first time, a unique specimen of a Pacific mastodon from Tualatin, Oregon, in addition to a partial mitochondrial genome from Northern Ontario.
Ancient DNA reveals deeply complex Mastodon family and repeated migrations driven by climate change
Yikes, that model is even worse than I remembered.
Can you imagine finding these?? Check out these mammoth Tusks found in the Yukon… 12 feet long.. 215 pounds each.. 35,000 years old… Fantastic Find.. WoW!
Tom McIntyre likely would have been into them. I think he had a piece once called, “Bring back the Pleistocene.”
The scale of these tusks is incredible.