Science news articles about 'Ancient bison'

... of genomics researchers to analyse the genetic mutations of an ancient bison, many modern cattle breeds and members ... Director Professor Alan Cooper. "The entire ancient bison genome was screened using a bovine SNP ...

... a vast former hunting complex where bison were stampeded over a cliff at least 1,000 ...

UA researchers are looking for, among other things, how fire changed the landscape of the Northern Great Plains as ancient hunters went after big game.

RAPID CITY, S.D., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recovered dozens of ancient bison skulls exposed by the receding Missouri River floodwater in South Dakota.

... on humans, a new study has found. But humans likely played a role in wiping out wild horses and ancient bison ...

ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Ancient DNA from 30,000-year-old bison bones discovered in a Canadian goldmine show how animals adapt to rapid environmental change, researchers say.

Two very rare discoveries in Whitehorse last week could shed light on the mystery of what happened to prehistoric bison in Yukon.