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Thursday, February 18, 2021

Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA [Nature, 17 February 2021]

Title:
Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA 
 
Author:
Ewen Callaway
 
Published:
Nature, 17 February 2021
 
From the article:
Permafrost-preserved teeth, up to 1.6 million years old, identify a new kind of mammoth in Siberia.
 
See also scholarly article:
Title: Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths
Authors: Tom van der Valk, Patrícia Pečnerová, David Díez-del-Molino [et.al]
Published: Nature, 17 February 2021