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13 ARTICLES

4mo ago

Frozen Squirrel Poop Yields 700,000-Year Archive of Ice‑Age DNA

A Nature Communications study shows permafrost‑sealed ground‑squirrel coprolites can preserve diverse environmental DNA and let scientists rebuild mitochondrial genomes to map Pleistocene ecosystems.

6 ARTICLES

7mo ago

Incestuous ‘God-Kings’ Theory in Neolithic Ireland Disproved

Ancient DNA

Frozen Squirrel Poop Yields 700,000-Year Archive of Ice‑Age DNA

Ancient DNA Pushes Dog Domestication Back to the Late Ice Age

New DNA Study Finds Beachy Head Woman Was Local to Roman-Era Southern England

Targeted qPCR Unearths Gut Pathogens in 1,300-Year-Old Mexican Feces

Ancient DNA Confirms European Sardines as Roman Garum Mainstay

Incestuous ‘God-Kings’ Theory in Neolithic Ireland Disproved