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Nov 17, 2025
40,000 Year-Old Woolly Mammoth RNA Discovery Rewrites Extinction Science
A groundbreaking study has achieved the seemingly impossible: scientists have successfully extracted and sequenced ancient RNA from the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth that roamed Siberia nearly 40,000 years ago. This incredible feat shatters previous beliefs about how long RNA, the fragile single-stranded molecule of life, can survive, offering an unprecedented window into the biology of extinct Ice Age animals.