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Scientists Successfully Extract 40,000-Year-Old RNA From Woolly Mammoth

Now, scientists have published incredible findings from a Siberian mammoth they've named Yuka, revealing that they've found ...
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Scientists Extract the Oldest RNA Ever Found, Revealing How a Woolly Mammoth’s Genes May Have Functioned 40,000 Years Ago

The frozen remains of a juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka preserved details about the animal’s last moments alive ...
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Scientists recover the world's oldest RNA in a well-preserved woolly mammoth

Scientists examine the mummified remains of a 39,000-year-old mammoth nicknamed Yuka, whose tissue yielded ancient RNA in a ...

Scientists extract viable RNA from woolly mammoth remains

The well-preserved remains of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia enabled scientists to extract RNA for the first time and ...

World’s oldest RNA found in 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth

While sifting through the juvenile mammoth’s genetic materials for traces of RNA, the team made another surprising discovery: ...
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Scientists pull ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth's body

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.
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This 39,000-Year-Old Mammoth Holds the World’s Oldest Preserved RNA

In 2010, researchers in northeastern Siberia stumbled upon a genetic goldmine: the remarkably well-preserved remains of a juvenile woolly mammoth. The animal, named Yuka, died nearly 39,000 years ago, ...

Oldest known RNA found in 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth leg

A 40,000-year-old juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka is not only remarkable because she was uncovered nearly intact or her ...