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Diversity: Giant tortoises on Galápagos Islands of Ecuador are under scientific scrutiny since scientists found they may have misnamed one of them. (Michael Nolan/Robert Harding Premium/AFP)
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New giant tortoise species found on Galápagos after DNA study

Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises living on San Cristóbal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island’s highlands and found them to be…

  • Afp
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