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?

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

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

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

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