The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.
Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.
The digested meat from the wolf pup’s last meal, which took place a staggering 14,400 years ago, contained enough DNA from ...
A 14,400-year-old wolf puppy’s last meal is shedding light on the last days of one of the Ice Age’s most iconic megafauna species, the woolly rhinoceros. When researchers dissected the frozen ...
Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the ...