2 Million Year Old DNA on Greenland

[Andie]

(A clue into life after major climate change)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/07/greenland-dna-study-mastodon/

In a study published Wednesday in Nature, Willerslev and his colleagues genetically mapped 2-million-year-old DNA from Arctic sediments — now the world’s oldest DNA to be identified. They discovered evidence of more than 100 plant genera, nine animal taxa including the extinct elephant-like mastodon, and even marine life within the same region.

[Chris]

23 hours ago, Andie said:

(A clue into life after major climate change)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/07/greenland-dna-study-mastodon/

In a study published Wednesday in Nature, Willerslev and his colleagues genetically mapped 2-million-year-old DNA from Arctic sediments — now the world’s oldest DNA to be identified. They discovered evidence of more than 100 plant genera, nine animal taxa including the extinct elephant-like mastodon, and even marine life within the same region.

Crazy to think scientists can tell that something a few millionths of a millimeter long came from a mastodon.