2016
Was Frozen Mammoth or Giant Ground Sloth Served for Dinner at The Explorers Club?
Glass J, Davis M, Walsh T, Sargis E, Caccone A. Was Frozen Mammoth or Giant Ground Sloth Served for Dinner at The Explorers Club? PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0146825. PMID: 26840445, PMCID: PMC4740485, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGiant ground slothGround slothsYale Peabody MuseumValue of museumsPeabody MuseumArchival materialFrozen mammothsWoolly mammothQuaternary extinctionsLong historyPublicity stuntMammothsExotic foodsMuseumExtraordinary claimsAnnual traditionInstantaneous freezingClubsGeneral publicPublicDinnerSlothsLegendTraditionMegatherium
2006
Ancient DNA forces reconsideration of evolutionary history of Mediterranean pygmy elephantids
Poulakakis N, Parmakelis A, Lymberakis P, Mylonas M, Zouros E, Reese D, Glaberman S, Caccone A. Ancient DNA forces reconsideration of evolutionary history of Mediterranean pygmy elephantids. Biology Letters 2006, 2: 451-454. PMID: 17148428, PMCID: PMC1686204, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolutionary historyDNA sequencesAncient DNA studiesDNA fragmentsMultiple displacement amplification (MDA) methodPygmy mammothsIndependent historyShort DNA sequencesB-DNA fragmentEastern MediterraneanMediterranean islandsPhylogenetic analysisMolecular dataMainland samplesCretan sampleDNA studiesHistoryElephantidsDiagnostic sitesElephasPrevailing viewIslandsMammothsMammuthusSequence