February 19, 2021 04:30 pm GMT
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Oldest DNA sequenced yet comes from million-year-old mammoths
Fossils tell us a lot about extinct animals from millions of years ago, but DNA sequencing can tell us a lot more, especially when the fossils they come from are only tiny fragments of the original animal. But DNA begins to degrade as soon as a creature dies. — Read the rest
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