Dossier
mammoths
Coverage of mammoths in the Nexus archive.
- Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’
Fossilized feces from ancient ground squirrels contained remains of mammoths, bison, and big cats. These findings include some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed, suggesting the squirrels scavenged carcasses during the Pleistocene era.
- A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice
Mice containing cells with an added rat chromosome were created by scientists. The next step involves testing this technique with frozen elephant tissue, potentially leading to experiments with mammoths.