Researchers have completed a comprehensive analysis of the woolly mammoth’s genome and have pinpointed many specific ways in which it differs from that of their elephant relatives.
Researchers have completed a comprehensive analysis of the woolly mammoth’s genome and have pinpointed many specific ways in which it differs from that of their elephant relatives.
Those include physical characteristics like skull shape and ear size and internal workings such as insulin and fat production processes.
Many of the variations explain how mammoths were able to keep themselves warm, while elephants often possess mechanisms for staying
