A treasure trove of ancient genetic material was stashed away by the rodents before being ‘frozen in time’ by permafrost.

Contienen ADN antiguo de mamuts, bisontes, caballos y cientos de especies de plantas

A complex ecosystem of woolly mammoths, bison, horses and big cats has been elucidated by studying the faeces of small rodents that probably ate the bigger animals

A researcher in British Columbia recently discovered that ancient squirrel scat can still smell just as fresh today as it did some 700,000 years ago.

A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel faeces in Canada's remote Yukon territory, scientists…

A treasure trove of ancient genetic material was stashed away by the rodents before being ‘frozen in time’ by permafrost.

O echipă de cercetători canadieni a descoperit o cantitate impresionantă de ADN antic provenind de la animale dispărute, precum mamut lânos.

Les scientifiques ont découvert des terriers de rongeurs restés hermétiquement fermés dans le sol congelé depuis des millénaires. Ils ont ainsi pu reconstituer des génomes…

A sealed vial of sediment pulled from Yukon permafrost does not look like a breakthrough. It looks like dirt until the sequencing results arrive.

A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel feces in Canada's remote Yukon territory, scientists…