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Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction?
The Raw Story· 7 days agoThis is the story of how multiple generations of scientists collaborated to decipher the genome of...
What Killed the Last Woolly Mammoths? Scientists Say It Wasn't Inbreeding
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoRoughly 10,000 years ago, a small group of woolly mammoths found themselves stuck on an island off...
These oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years
telegraphherald.com· 9 hours ago"We knew they were old, but not that old," said Michele Francis, senior lecturer in the university's...
How did woolly mammoths go extinct? One study has an answer
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoScientists now believe some of the last woolly mammoths on Earth may have died out due to a sudden event, a departure from previous hypotheses about their extinction. About ...
You See a Hedge. He Sees Something Else.
New York Times· 2 days agoWhen Tim Bushe decided to trim some hedges one recent evening, he attracted more attention than usual for a routine garden chore. Mr. Bushe is used to...
A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of its...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoStudying the animal's genome will help reveal where it fits into the canine family tree. After...
One of the world’s largest T. rex skeletons just landed in Melbourne
Cosmos· 4 days agoFor the first time, Melbourne is hosting a fully articulated skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. The...