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First ever 3D reconstruction of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth chromosomes thanks to serendipitously freeze-dried skin

An international research team has assembled the genome and 3D chromosomal structures of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth — the first…

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Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction

The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,000 years ago, when…

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The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

For millions of years, mammoths lumbered across Europe, Asia and North America. Starting roughly 15,000 years ago, the giant animals…

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Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros’ extinction

Researchers have discovered sustained hunting by humans prevented the woolly rhinoceros from accessing favourable habitats as Earth warmed following the…

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