The net process over time is one of changing morphology. We are collaborating with colleagues in Sweden, the US and the UK to investigate the evolution of the woolly mammoth using ancient DNA. This ...

DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...

Mastodons and mammoths had tusks, a special evolution of their second incisor ... Identification of specimens as a result has been challenging. The woolly mammoth, known as Mammuthus primigenius, has ...

Among its first rewilding goals: bringing back the woolly mammoth. The last ... to replay scenes from our evolutionary past and take evolution to places where it has never gone before.” ...

Each one of these biological databanks contains a wealth of genetic information, which scientists can use to glean insights into the history and evolution ... for the mammoth’s woolly appearance.

By looking at the woolly mammoths’ remains ... the power of genetic data in helping us piece together the timeline of evolution and in uncovering how traits get passed down through generations.

Picture the scene: Genetically engineered woolly mammoths roaming the Siberian Arctic as part of a prehistoric ecosystem re-established after over 10,000 years. And all in the name of fighting ...

(Bloomberg) -- A biotechnology startup working to bring back animals from extinction has raised $200 million at a valuation of $10.2 billion, more than six times its valuation just two years ago.