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What is the Woolly Mammoth?
Discover the fascinating story of the woolly mammoth, an Ice Age giant. Learn about its features, habitat, extinction, and ...
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14,000-Year-Old ‘Puppies’ Found in Siberia Were Wolf Littermates Who Dined on Woolly Rhino
Researchers studied chemicals found in the animals’ bones, teeth and tissues, as well as genetic material from their stomach contents ...
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Using stable isotope analysis in the fight against the illegal ivory trade
Demand for the ornaments, jewelry, and other luxury items carved from the ivory in elephant tusks has led poachers to ...
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These frozen wolf cubs ate a woolly rhino—and changed what we know about dogs
Two Ice Age wolf pups once thought to be early dogs have been identified as wild wolves, thanks to detailed DNA and chemical ...
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14,000-year-old ice age 'puppies' were actually wolf sisters that dined on woolly rhino for last meal
A pair of 14,000-year-old "puppies" found melting out of the permafrost in Siberia have undergone genetic testing, proving ...
Worm from the mammoth era revived after 46,000 years in Siberian ice
Scientists have revived a 46,000-year-old roundworm, *Panagrolaimus kolymaensis*, discovered in Siberian permafrost. Radiocarbon dating confirms its a ...
14,000-year-old mummified ‘puppies’ unearthed with fur still intact in ‘incredible’ discovery
The “Tumat Puppies” also had traces of their last meal still in their stomachs, which included meat from a woolly rhinoceros ...
Mummified 14,000-year-old puppies with their FUR still intact and food still in their stomachs are found frozen in ice
TWO 14,000-year-old mummified “puppies” have been discovered with their fur still intact and food still in their stomachs.
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Woolly mice are a first step to resurrecting mammoths, but there's a very long way to go - MSN
US biotechnology company Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences has a radical proposal: it wants to resurrect the woolly mammoth from extinction. In a preprint paper published on March 4 ...
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A gold miner sank his shovel into the sands of the Klondike and found himself face to face with a perfectly preserved baby woolly mammoth.
A miner digging for gold instead dug up the remains of a baby woolly mammoth. The discovery gives scientists the chance to ...
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Scientists find way to identify elephant ivory disguised as legal mammoth ivory
Law enforcements agents are rarely trained to recognise elephant from mammoth ivory. Scientists have found a way to ...