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Gene flow between elephant species was a common feature of their evolutionary history.
The animal pictures and hand stencils were made in caves in Spain thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.
In cooperation with its microbiome, the animal has genetic help in digesting blood and warding off pathogens.
With multiple applications in biomedicine, the antibodies can now be made quickly, cheaply, and without the need for an alpaca or one of its relatives.
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