Saving the Elephants with Carbon Dating

The video discusses the impact of ivory trade bans and ongoing poaching, highlighting a study using carbon dating to determine the age of tusks and identify poaching hotspots. It also explores presbyopia, a common age-related vision issue, in both humans and bonobos, suggesting that this condition is a natural part of aging in primates.

What are the implications of the study from the University of Utah regarding the age of elephant tusks?

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How does carbon dating help in understanding the poaching of elephants?

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Discuss the significance of the findings related to the poaching of elephants in East Africa.

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What does the research suggest about the relationship between aging and eyesight in bonobos?

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What are the similarities between human presbyopia and the eyesight changes observed in bonobos?

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