Ancient DNA Solves 320-Year-Old Mystery (IMAGE)

University of Adelaide

Ancient DNA Solves 320-Year-Old Mystery

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University of Adelaide researchers have found the answer to one of natural history’s most intriguing puzzles -- the origins of the now extinct Falkland Islands wolf and how it came to be the only land-based mammal on the isolated islands -- 460km from the nearest land, Argentina. The image is a painting of a Falkland Islands wolf by Michael Rothman, Ace Coinage Inc.

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Michael Rothman, Ace Coinage Inc

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