World's Oldest DNA Discovered in Million-Year-Old Mammoths
Pop-out player Scientists say they have discovered the oldest DNA on record. It was found in the teeth of mammoths that lived in northeastern Siberia up to 1.2 million years ago. A mammoth was a kind of early elephant that lived during the Ice Age. The discovery may lead to a greater understanding of the long-dead species. DNA is the substance that carries genetic information in the cells of living things. The researchers say they recovered and sequenced DNA from the remains of three mammoths. The remains -- which were contained in permanently frozen ground -- were discovered beginning in t...
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