Snake Venom Tells Tales About Geography

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 09:26 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Just as people give away their origins by that southern drawl or New England twang, poisonous snakes produce venom that differs distinctly from one geographic area to another, the first study of the "snake venomics" of one of the most common pit vipers in Latin America has found. 

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