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Male woolly mammoths lived fast, died young, and left more corpses
Sometimes male mammoths didn't make the best choices.
A Whole Mammoth Skull Was Unearthed In California
The puzzling fossil is intermediate in size between two species
Russian and Korean Researchers Will Inject Mammoth DNA Into Elephant Eggs, Resurrecting 10,000-Year-Old Beast
First a plant from the past sprouted new life — now researchers in Russia and South Korea are moving forward...
Japanese Researchers Announce Plan to Resurrect Woolly Mammoth Within Five Years
It's just like Jurassic Park, except for real, and also with several key practical differences!
What Killed the Mammoths? Alien Nanodiamonds May Hold the Answer
Do nanodiamonds prove an asteroid impact killed off North America’s massive mammals 13,000 years ago? It depends on which scientist...
Resurrection Researchers Recreate Woolly Mammoth Protein in Living Cell
The first sequencing of a complex protein from an extinct species
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Mammoth (DNA) Resurrection
Researchers at Penn State University announce they are close to cracking the entire DNA set for the now-extinct woolly mammoth