A haul of African forest elephant ivory, comprising more than a hundred tusks, has been retrieved from the wreck of a Portuguese ship that sunk in 1533.
DNA analysis shows that the tusks came from seventeen genetically distinct herds of forest elephants.
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ivory-shipwreck-african-elephants-tusk-dna-bom-jesus
DNA analysis shows that the tusks came from seventeen genetically distinct herds of forest elephants.
See link below for details.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ivory-shipwreck-african-elephants-tusk-dna-bom-jesus