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Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoth's body

Ancient 39,000-year-old woolly mammoth Yuka preserved in Siberian permafrost yielded intact RNA, revealing gene activity and cellular states near the time of death.
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De-extinction of woolly mammoth closer as scientists extract RNA

RNA molecules, the oldest yet found, were extracted and sequenced from woolly mammoth tissue preserved nearly 40,000 years in Siberian permafrost.
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Oldest RNA recovered from a mammoth that lived 40,000 years ago

Every year, when the thaw arrives in Siberia, groups of explorers set out in search of the mammoth. Tusks and other bones from these extinct pachyderms surface so frequently that locals use them to prop up their tents or sell them on the black market. In the best-case scenario, those who find some of these carcasses are scientists, leading to extraordinary discoveries about the vanished fauna of the Ice Age.
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