Scientists were researching the bison genome to deduce its evolution and that resulted in the projection of a mystery hybrid ... but they could not find. Then they found the cave art and there he was on the wall, a hybrid they had never seen before. (Science Daily: Mystery species hidden in cave art appears to be unknown bison-cattle hybrid)
The growing sophistication of evolutionary biology through genome research is revealing ever more exceptional things but we have seen this previously. We did not know previously it comes with genome jokes.
Research led by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide, published today in Nature Communications, has revealed that the mystery hybrid species eventually became the ancestor of the modern European bison, or wisent, which survives in protected reserves such as the Białowieża forest between Poland and Belarus.
"Finding that a hybridisation event led to a completely new species was a real surprise -- as this isn't really meant to happen in mammals," says study leader Professor Alan Cooper, ACAD Director. "The genetic signals from the ancient bison bones were very odd, but we weren't quite sure a species really existed -- so we referred to it as the Higgs Bison."
The growing sophistication of evolutionary biology through genome research is revealing ever more exceptional things but we have seen this previously. We did not know previously it comes with genome jokes.
Research led by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide, published today in Nature Communications, has revealed that the mystery hybrid species eventually became the ancestor of the modern European bison, or wisent, which survives in protected reserves such as the Białowieża forest between Poland and Belarus.
"Finding that a hybridisation event led to a completely new species was a real surprise -- as this isn't really meant to happen in mammals," says study leader Professor Alan Cooper, ACAD Director. "The genetic signals from the ancient bison bones were very odd, but we weren't quite sure a species really existed -- so we referred to it as the Higgs Bison."
- Science Daily
(Ed: that was funny?)
Hey, don't be sucking the joy out of it as I guess a genome researcher thinks it's hilarious.
There's some novel scientific contrariness in one of the most sophisticated of current disciplines being validated by some caveman from a zillion years ago by his overt action.
Higgs Boson ... well ...
There's no way to top that so make of it all what you will.
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