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Out of America: Ancient DNA Evidence for a New World Origin of Late Quaternary Woolly Mammoths
Elephant Stone (I, arctic sheets, and fields of wheat)

I am an evolutionary biologist working at the interface of ancient DNA, morpho-anatomy, and phylogeography. So far, my work has been mostly dedicated to mammals in general and to the family of the elephants in particular. Elephant Stone is a website dedicated to my interdisciplinary approach of research.

The Wrangel expedition in the Russian TV news [2]
September 14th, 2011Media, News, TV, video, Wrangel DiariesRégis 0 Comments

Here is another Russian TV report of our field mission on Wrangel Island between August and September. You’ll see us dig out one of the two large complete tusks we found on our first hunt day. Don’t expect me to do the translation. I hope their comments are not too nasty against us!

The Wrangel expedition in the Russian TV news [1]
September 13th, 2011Media, News, TV, video, Wrangel DiariesRégis 0 Comments

Here is the first TV report about our recent expedition on Wrangel Island, by Russian media who joined us there. A quite long report that lets you appreciate the scenery and the sort of shoe-gazing-wanders-kind-of-work we had there.

Neopodia [1/3]: The ID card of the mammoth
September 11th, 2011Media, News, video, webRégis 0 Comments

A show in three episodes dedicated to the mammoth in Neopodia, Le savoir à emporter. Here is the first episode, dedicated to the presentation of the mammoths among the elephants.

“Contre-expertise” revives the mammoth
August 15th, 2011magazine, Media, News, radioRégis 0 Comments

Marylène Patou-Mathis, Bernard Buigues and myself were today the guests of Julie Gacon for the broadcast program Contre-Expertise on France Culture. Listen to the program in full there.

“Le Point” hits the mammoth resurrection
August 11th, 2011magazine, Media, News, pressRégis 0 Comments

Check out the article by Frédéric Lewino for the weekly French magazine “Le Point” where I’ve been commenting about the future resurrection of the mammoth as announced by a japanese team. C’est l’émouvante histoire d’un vieil homme qui rêve de chuchoter à l’oreille d’un mammouth. Depuis plus de quinze ans, Akira Iritani, 81 ans, professeur [...]

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