Fossilized feces from the Pleistocene epoch have divulged the mitochondrial DNA of a woolly rhinoceros, whose genome had never previously been assembled. The ancient poop was not excreted by an ...

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Scientists reconstructed the mitochondrial genome of a European Woolly Rhinoceros for the first time. Extracting DNA from fossilized hyena feces was critical to the process. Using the DNA, the team ...

Fossilized poo never stops surprising. By analysing droppings from extinct hyenas, palaeontologists have reconstructed DNA from an ice-age woolly rhino 1. About the size of today’s white rhinos, the ...

Siberian locals have discovered an incredible prehistoric time capsule in what paleontologists believe is the largest ancient hyena lair ever found in Asia. The cave contained a whole menagerie of ...

The bones were found during a construction project. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The bones of a woolly mammoth, woolly ...

When John Hammond cooked up the idea for Jurassic Park, he needed the skills of the world’s brightest geneticists and a little help from the fossil record. The earliest additions to the fledgling park ...