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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...

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...

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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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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Pachyderm Woolly Mammoth ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview)	General news	80	47378	Mar 31 20:42 2017 by Blobrana
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...
Pachyderm Ilford mammoth (Preview)	Off Topic	3	1979	Nov 9 19:56 2016 by Blobrana
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...
Pachyderm Cyclops (Preview)	Off Topic	1	4313	May 9 07:21 2012 by Blobrana
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...
Pachyderm Elephant (Preview)	Off Topic	4	7942	Mar 7 09:12 2017 by Blobrana
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Pachyderm Palaeoloxodon (Preview)	Trash	0	1593	Dec 19 20:00 2012 by Blobrana
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...