Ancient DNA, not fossilized bones, shows late survival of Ice Age megafauna

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 19:49 in Paleontology & Archaeology

University of Alberta researchers are part of an international team that has used DNA samples from frozen dirt, not fossilized bones, to revise the history of North America's woolly mammoths and ancient horses.

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