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Tag: Mammoths (Animals)

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Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins.

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A Mammoth DNA Discovery Helps Map an Ancient Genome in 3-D

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024Siobhan RobertsComments Off on A Mammoth DNA Discovery Helps Map an Ancient Genome in 3-D

A “fossil chromosome” preserves the structure of a woolly mammoth’s genome — and offers a better grasp of how it once worked.

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The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

June 27, 2024CARL ZIMMERComments Off on The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.

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The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

June 27, 2024CARL ZIMMERComments Off on The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.

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Miners Discover a Frozen Baby Mammoth in Canada

July 2, 2022July 3, 2022Christine ChungComments Off on Miners Discover a Frozen Baby Mammoth in Canada

Experts believe that the woolly mammoth, unearthed in the Klondike gold fields of the Yukon of Canada, had been preserved in the frozen ground for more than 30,000 years.

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As Earth Warms, Old Mayhem and Secrets Emerge From the Ice

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021Franz LidzComments Off on As Earth Warms, Old Mayhem and Secrets Emerge From the Ice

Climate change is revealing long-frozen artifacts and animals to archaeologists. But the window for study is slender and shrinking.

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Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Mammoth Family Tree

February 17, 2021Katherine KorneiComments Off on Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Mammoth Family Tree

Genomic data — the oldest ever recovered from a fossil — reveals the origin and evolution of the Columbian mammoth.

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Trove of Mammoth Skeletons Excavated Near Mexico City Gives Clues About Hunting

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019EMILY S. RUEBComments Off on Trove of Mammoth Skeletons Excavated Near Mexico City Gives Clues About Hunting

Researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History say the discovery illuminates the relationship between humans and the Pleistocene animals.

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A ‘Time Capsule’ for Scientists, Courtesy of Peter the Great

November 12, 2018JAMES HILLComments Off on A ‘Time Capsule’ for Scientists, Courtesy of Peter the Great

A Russian zoological museum filled with centuries-old specimens finds renewed relevance in the age of genetics.

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