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Contents of a Wolf Pup’s Stomach From 14,400 Years Ago Are Teaching Researchers About the Lives of the Last Woolly Rhinos

Analysis of woolly rhinoceros DNA recovered from the permafrost-preserved wolf further hints that the Ice Age beasts went ...

Scientists Found the Entire Woolly Rhino Genome Inside the Stomach of an Ancient Wolf Pup

The digested meat from the wolf pup’s last meal, which took place a staggering 14,400 years ago, contained enough DNA from ...
Ancient Origins

Exotic Wildlife Pits Hint at China’s Earliest Royal Zoo

Yinxu - known as the last capital of the Shang - is one of China’s most important archaeological sites, famous for oracle bone inscriptions and monumental burials. The new pits add another layer: not ...
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Ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in Saudi Arabia contain preserved DNA from the long-lost population

Scientists have successfully extracted the DNA of ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in a cave in Saudi Arabia. This is ...