When you hear the words "woolly mammoth," what picture does it paint in your mind? It's an iconic, extinct megafauna from the ice age so well-recognized and beloved by all of us, especially children; ...

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Researchers had long thought that inbreeding caused a genetic meltdown in the last mammoth population, but a new ancient DNA analysis says otherwise. The last population of woolly mammoths ...

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Scientists have sequenced the oldest DNA yet, smashing through a symbolic barrier in the study of ancient genomes and opening an unprecedented window into the evolution of North America’s extinct Ice ...

In a first, scientists have mapped the three-dimensional structure of DNA belonging to an ancient animal: a 52,000-year-old mammoth found sporting a mulletlike hairdo. This advance, published in Cell, ...

A new genomic study has uncovered long-lost genetic diversity in mammoth lineages spanning over a million years, providing new insights into the evolutionary history of these animals. A new genomic ...

The start-up Colossal Biosciences aims to use gene-editing technology to bring back the woolly mammoth and other extinct species. Recently, the company achieved major milestones: last year, they ...