Few scientific finds arrive from such an unexpected place. Deep in Siberian permafrost, a frozen wolf puppy has been quietly holding a genetic record for more than 14,400 years. Researchers studying ...
In 2011, mammoth ivory hunters in northeastern Siberia discovered a mummified wolf puppy that had lain frozen for 14,400 years. An autopsy of the permafrost-preserved pup revealed another surprise: ...
A genome reconstructed from a tiny piece of flesh found in the stomach of a wolf pup that died 14,400 years ago suggests that woolly rhinos were still genetically healthy even as they faced imminent ...