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Mastodon DNA sequenced

Ancient tooth reveals elephants' family tree.

The mastodon, an extinct relative of modern elephants, has become the latest prehistoric animal to have its DNA sequenced.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on July 24, 2007 01:01 AM |

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Mastodos are not over 15,000 years old. Greenland was once green, yes very much so. Anartica was once green also and the one mans theory that Atlantis could have been on Antartica is not an impossibility. Read "Albert Einstein Gets no Pink Pajamas' by Big Al found through Amazon or contact Big Al at kimsikwe_7@yahoo.com.
Allan Smith

Posted by: Big Al/ Allan Smith | July 25, 2007 05:38 PM

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