Mármol and his colleagues extracted RNA sequences from the muscles and skin of 10 permafrozen woolly mammoth specimens found ...

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Researchers from Stockholm University extracted the RNA sequences from a juvenile mammoth (named Yuka) that died almost ...

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RNA from one of the best-preserved woolly mammoths broke the record for oldest RNA ever found, pushing the limit of how long ...

Scientists have recovered RNA from a mammoth carcass preserved in permafrost for 40,000 years. The ancient molecules reveal details about the creature’s last moments.