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Polar bears have Irish ancestors

Posted by on Thu 7 Jul 2011 - 17:24 — Edited by GreenReaper as of Fri 8 Jul 2011 - 00:21
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Wired UK and BBC News report that the mitochondrial DNA in all polar bears today descends from a single Irish female brown bear who lived 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.

Read more: Ancient Hybridization and an Irish Origin for the Modern Polar Bear Matriline

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a retired former librarian from North Hollywood, California, interested in general anthropomorphics