> Using their genomes, the researchers were able to estimate that the armored animals diverged from other pangolin species “over five million years ago,” said

> Using their genomes, the researchers were able to estimate that the armored animals diverged from other pangolin species “over five million years ago,” said Hua-Rong Zhang, a conservation geneticist at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong and an author of the paper.