According to a study published last week, teeth from mammoths buried in the Siberian permafrost for more than a million years have yielded the oldest DNA ever sequenced, shining a genetic spotlight into the deep past.

Researchers said the three specimens, one roughly 800,000 years old and two more than a million years old, provide important insights into the giant Ice Age mammals, including the ancient heritage of the woolly mammoth.

The genomes far exceed the oldest previously sequenced DNA – a horse dating to between 780,000 and 560,000 years ago.

https://naturenews.africa/scientists-sequenced-worlds-oldest-dna-from-million-year-old-mammoths-found-in-siberia/

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