Ancient DNA, not fossilised bones, shows late survival of Ice Age megafauna

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 07:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

University of Alberta researchers are part of an international team that has used DNA samples from frozen dirt, not fossilised bones, to revise the history of North America's woolly mammoths and ancient horses...

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