Ancient Yukon horse yields oldest genome ever

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 15:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A 700,000-year-old horse bone found in the permafrost of a Yukon gold mine has yielded a complete genetic profile, breaking scientific records and revealing many new insights about the evolution of horses.

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