Scientists also discovered pieces of charred wood at the Kostenki 11 site. This indicates that Ice Age humans had access to ...

DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...

After hitting some big weeks on Gold Rush, it was all about location, location, location for Tony Beets and Rick Ness to keep ...

In 2011, a woolly mammoth was dug out in near pristine condition after it spent the last 28,000 years frozen solid in the ...

All around the world, scientists are working to recreate lost animal species such as the mammoth. Using modern genetic techniques, they’re extracting ancient genetic material from museum exhibits.

Professor Alice Roberts reveals the natural history of the most famous of ice age animals – the woolly mammoth. Mammoths have transfixed humans since the depths of the last ice age, when their herds ...

the Wolly Mammoth will aid in grasslands restoration, and establish a cycle to prevent thawing and the subsequent release of greenhouse gases that were stored in the permafrost. The cold-tolerant ...

Think of it as bringing back the mammoth’s greatest hits ... By keeping the Arctic grasslands intact, mammoths might help slow permafrost melting and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

For instance, in 2022, miners in the Yukon cut into a chunk of the permafrost looking for gold — but they found a baby mammoth instead. That tiny mammoth died approximately 30,000 years ago but ...

The age of de-extinction may soon be a reality. Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making resurrecting animals once lost to this world a tangible prospect. The organizations ...

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