‘Resurrected’ mammoth DNA helps explain why the species went extinct

Posted on 09/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Reviving the woolly mammoth is still a tall order. However, technology might be far enough along to help explain why the elephant ancestor went extinct in the first place. Scientists have 'resurrected' genes from a population of mammoths that survi...

Study Reveals Why Most Woolly Mammoth Fossils are Male

Posted on 05/11/2017 by hira

Woolly mammoths were enormous herbivores that lived during the last ice age and went extinct some 10,000 years ago.A number of fossilized mammoth specimens have been collected over the years and it...

American Billionaire Invests to Bring Woolly Mammoth Back to Life

Posted on 02/07/2017 by hira

Woolly mammoths went extinct about 4,000 years ago. But recently Harvard researchers claimed that they could revive the ancient beast by using DNA of elephant. They say woolly mammoth could be...

Woolly Mammoth Died Out due to DNA Mutations

Posted on 03/03/2017 by sumayah

Lowered populations created a mutation and meltdown among the woolly mammoths as far as their gene pool is concerned. These last few woolly mammoths eked out an existence on an island until they...

Woolly Mammoth will Return to Life from Extinction within Two Years

Posted on 17/02/2017 by sumayah

The concept of de-extinction raises many ethical concerns in the public mind. Take the case of the woolly mammoth. It vanished from the face of the earth some 4000 years ago.Yet now scientists are on...

Rare Mammoth Bones Exhibit at University of Michigan Highlights the ‘Ufolding Process of Discovery’

Posted on 01/11/2016 by sumayah

A mammoth will soon be displayed at the University of Michigan's Museum of Natural History. An entire room is being built to exhibit the mammoth remains on the fourth floor of the museum. The gallery...

This Mammoth Skull Could Change Everything

Posted on 19/09/2016 by noel

Something very strange just happened near California: a 13,000-year-old mammoth skull was just excavated.But a mammoth in and of itself isn't strange."This mammoth find is extremely rare and of high...

Rare Mammoth Fossil Found in Channel Islands Baffles Scientists

Posted on 19/09/2016 by hira

Paleontologists are baffled by the discovery of a mammoth skull in Channels Island National Park off Southern California coast. The skull is fully intact, probably the most well-preserved mammoth...

U. S. Healthcare Innovation Demands A Paradigm Shift

Posted on 15/01/2014 by forbes

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. - John Locke We are just over two weeks into 2014, and the dominant...

NBA’s Bah-Humbug Christmas: Luckily, a Symbol Is Just a Symbol

Posted on 23/12/2013 by forbes

There’ll be a blue, blue Christmas in Lakerdom, where LeBron James and Kobe Bryant were to face off in the marquee matchup of the NBA’s five-game bill. Instead, it will be Nick Young vs. Bron with...

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