Two species of African Elephant
Posted on 21 December 2010
and then there were three...
York scientists have helped to demonstrate
that the African elephant is in fact two different species. In a
collaboration with US and German scientists, Prof. Michi Hofreiter has
shows that the Savanna and Forest elephants diverged at least three
million years ago.
More details can be found on the BBC website. The original article can be accessed at PLoS Biology.