mammoths

We sequenced the oldest ever DNA, from million-year-old mammoths

We sequenced the oldest ever DNA, from million-year-old mammoths: Current view of the steppe mammoth, an ancestor to the woolly mammoth. Beth Zaiken/Centre for Palaeogenetics, Author provided Most people think of mammoths as the iconic woolly species from the last Ice Age, which ended around 12,000 years ago. But mammoths originated in Africa around 5 …

From Charles Dickens to woolly mammoths: great long reads of 2020

From Charles Dickens to woolly mammoths: great long reads of 2020: It’s been an interesting year on The Conversation Insights desk. We’ve produced a raft of compelling stories from academics carrying out research all over the world in an attempt to answer some of life’s most important questions. Whether it’s a millionaire bunker builder living …