@MostlyMammoths Yes. We actually know quite a bit! At least for mammoths (because of a few good mummies). Not so much for other extinct taxa. One of many papers linked below... https://t.co/nqiDTjjQWQ
ユカちゃんは、楕円の胴体。ケナガマンモス胴体後半の断面は軽い楕円形からさらに平たい楕円形に。軽い楕円形止まりの現生ゾウとは明らかに違う特徴。寒冷気候への適応か。論文 http://t.co/xRTUUrSPKR
ユカちゃんは、楕円の胴体。ケナガマンモス胴体後半の断面は軽い楕円形からさらに平たい楕円形に。軽い楕円形止まりの現生ゾウとは明らかに違う特徴。寒冷気候への適応か。論文 http://t.co/xRTUUrSPKR
ユカちゃんは、楕円の胴体。ケナガマンモス胴体後半の断面は軽い楕円形からさらに平たい楕円形に。軽い楕円形止まりの現生ゾウとは明らかに違う特徴。寒冷気候への適応か。論文 http://t.co/xRTUUrSPKR
Wooly mammoths had wider, elliptical trunks than their living relatives. Cold weather adaptation? Better for grazing? http://t.co/tUdjZQcCOa
Wooly mammoths had wider, elliptical trunks than their living relatives. Cold weather adaptation? Better for grazing? http://t.co/tUdjZQcCOa
New data on trunk morphology in the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach) http://t.co/8axTAlLlxL #springerlink