How ivory trading to finance civil wars led to evolution of tuskless herds of elephants in Africa

How ivory trading to finance civil wars led to evolution of tuskless herds of elephants in Africa

African elephants have evolved towards tusklessness in an area where they were intensively hunted for ivory, finds a study of elephants’ traits and genetics in Mozambique. The results, published on October 21, in Science, could have implications for the recovery of elephant populations in the country. Ivory trading was used...

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