Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena
The genus Crocuta (African spotted and Eurasian cave hyenas) includes several closely related extinct and extant lineages. The relationships among these lineages, however, are contentious. Through the generation of population-level paleogenomes from...
Heather E Heying
66d ago
As we all consider how a virus can travel around the globe inside humans, consider this far earlier, shared migration: When early hominins dispersed out of Africa ~2.5 million years ago, they may have been accompanied by spotted hyenas.
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Hyenas also migrated out of Africa, along with? leading? following? early man.
#Hyena (because I plan to add to this thread, later)
Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena