Mammoth Teeth Yield Oldest DNA on Record

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By NTD Newsroom
February 18, 2021NTD News Today
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Scientists have recovered the oldest DNA on record from mammoth teeth. The DNA was extracted from three individual mammoths, the oldest of the three living around 1.2 million years ago.

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