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5 days ago

Scientists Find Extinct Rhino DNA in Mummified Wolf Puppy's Stomach

Woolly rhinoceros genome was sequenced from tissue in a mummified Pleistocene wolf pup, showing genetically healthy, stable population around 14,400 years ago.
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters

Human hunters preferentially targeted Pleistocene megafauna in South America, contributing significantly to their extinction.
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