Ancient Protein Analysis Sheds New Light on Rhino Family Tree

Jul 10, 2025 - 17:00
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Ancient Protein Analysis Sheds New Light on Rhino Family Tree
A paleoartist’s reconstruction of the three extinct species whose genomes were sequenced by Liu et al.: in the foreground is a Siberian unicorn (Elasmotherium sibiricum), and close behind are two Merck’s rhinoceroses (Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis); in the far background is a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). Image credit: Beth Zaiken.

Paleontologists have retrieved ancient enamel protein sequences from a fossilized tooth of Epiaceratherium sp., a rhinocerotid that lived in Canada’s High Arctic between 24 and 21 million years ago (Early Miocene).

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