Museum specimens tell the history of rhinoceroses

Rhinoceroses are facing an uncertain future due to human-induced population-size reductions. In this issue of Cell, Liu et al. analyze rhinoceros genomes to study their past and find support for an early divergence between African and Asian species, signatures of past hybridization, and evidence of loss of genetic diversity.

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Rhinoceroses are facing an uncertain future due to human-induced population-size reductions. Research on rhinoceros genomes reveals an early divergence between African and Asian species, evidence of past hybridization, and loss of genetic diversity.