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Squirrel poop dating back to last ice age is full of mammoth, horse DNA

Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.

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Ancient Squirrel Poop Preserved for 700,000 Years Reveals Woolly Mammoths, Cheetahs and Ice Age Ecosystems

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Frozen squirrel poop hints at sights and smells of Ice Age ecosystems

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Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundreds of species

A complex ecosystem of woolly mammoths, bison, horses and big cats has been elucidated by studying the faeces of small ...

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Ancient squirrel feces offer 'time capsule' of environment thousands of years ago

A researcher in British Columbia recently discovered that ancient squirrel scat can still smell just as fresh today as it did ...

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Squirrel droppings yield a goldmine of prehistoric DNA

A new study has found a trove of genetic material in the fossilized feces, offering insight into Ice Age ecosystems ...

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