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• Study tracks elephant tusks from 16th century shipwreck

  Dec 17, 2020 10:15 am by Diana YatesResearch
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  In 1533, the Bom Jesus trading vessel carrying more than 100 elephant tusks  sank near present-day Namibia. The wreck was found in 2008, and U of I scientists now have determined the source of much of the ivory recovered from the ship.

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