Long before modern humans built cities or carved out farms, woolly mammoths wandered across frozen plains with thick coats and steady steps. Their bones, tusks, and frozen bodies have offered clues to ...
Nearly 40 years ago, a couple walking their dogs made a discovery which turned out to be one of the most significant finds ...
40,000-year-old RNA from permafrost-preserved tissue was recovered from a mammoth specimen known as Yuka. Molecular evidence from Yuka revealed a correction to the original assumption about Yuka’s sex ...
The fossilized backbones of what appeared to be woolly mammoths have turned out to come from an entirely different and unexpected animal. Archaeologist Otto Geist came across the bones – two ...