woolly mammoth
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What It Will Take to Create 21st-Century Mammoths, Dodos, and Thylacines
Colossal Biosciences has generated a flurry of headlines in recent years, as the ‘de-extinction’ company announced plans to resurrect the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and, most recently, the dodo bird, developing a bioengineering toolkit along the way that has prompted investment from outfits like In-Q-Tel, a CIA-funded venture capital firm. Colossal has also acquired…
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Neanderthals Likely Killed and Butchered Cave Lions, Speared Skeleton Suggests
Marks on the ribcage of a 48,000-year-old cave lion skeleton suggest the animal was killed by Neanderthals, making it the first evidence that our nearest human cousins hunted the Ice Age predators. A team of paleoanthropologists and archaeologists recently scrutinized the remains of four lions: the aforementioned skeleton, which was excavated in 1985 in Siegsdorf,…
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Ice Age Mammoth and Horse DNA Found in Soil Samples Left in Freezer
Fieldwork conducted about a decade ago is only now changing researchers’ understanding of large mammal extinctions during the Ice Age. An analysis of DNA locked away in frozen soil samples reveals that charismatic species like woolly mammoths and the wild horses of the Yukon stuck around for longer than previously believed.
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Unprecedented Study of a Single Woolly Mammoth Shows Where It Roamed From Birth to Death
We might not be able to study a walking, breathing woolly mammoth in real life, but what if we could track its movements and get a sense of where it travelled, from its birth to its death? For the first time ever, scientists have done just that.