World's Oldest DNA Recovered From Million-Year-Old Siberian Mammoth Teeth

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An illustration of the ancient lineage of steppe mammoths, which led to the wooly mammoths that roamed the Arctic (Credit: Beth Zaiken/Center For Palaeogenetics)

A team of Swedish scientists has successfully extracted and reconstructed the world's oldest DNA from the tooth of a Siberian mammoth, which roamed Earth over a million years ago. Also known as deoxyribonucleic acid, the all-important molecule — which contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of living things. — provides new insights into the evolution of the ancient Ice Age giants. Prior to this, the oldest DNA sequenced came from the bone of a horse that trotted around Canada about 700,000 years ago.

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  • carrotcake
    carrotcake4년 이상
    And think about it, if they have the DNA of all these different types of dinosaurs, they could bring all of them back, depending on how they do it- We could literally have a Jurassic World with dinosaurs- which is kind of insane if what happens in the movies happens in real life- ;-;
    • incinirator
      incinirator4년 이상
      That would be cool to actually see what the dinosaurs look like, but it might get out of hand if you think about carnivores. AND herbivores. ANd omnivores. Like every dinosaur is dangerous.
    • carrotcake
      carrotcake4년 이상
      They are only doing research on it, so that means that they may not bring them back to life. But if they do, then yes ma'am they are making Jurassic Park/World a reality-
    • foodwoods17
      foodwoods174년 이상
      two words Jurassic Park
      • spaceguy
        spaceguy4년 이상
        Yes Please I want to have one!!
        • carrotcake
          carrotcake4년 이상
          I don't really think that you would have one as a pet because they would be just like elephants- But like you do you- (No offence)
        • hermione377
          hermione3774년 이상
          i am doing an article summary on this at school, follow if this is going to be a cool one!!!! (no plz follow anyways)
          • jablovesfacts
            jablovesfacts4년 이상
            but if you kept one as a pet you would need a big steel pen.
            • galaxykittyytog
              galaxykittyytog4년 이상
              I wonder if you can keep a mammoth as a pet it would be cool if we did that.😎😎
              • carrotcake
                carrotcake4년 이상
                Those are huge, until they were used to the new life style there is no way they would let anyone near them- Sorry if I sounded rude. únù
              • shymilly109
                shymilly1094년 이상
                I want to know if they can be seen by human beens before they die
              • ninjaswolf22901
                ninjaswolf229014년 이상
                That is so OP! I wonder if they do recreate the mammoth,will they put it in zoos?
                • nurseangel
                  nurseangel4년 이상
                  They would kill us all if they came back!!!!!
                  • tiger15
                    tiger154년 이상
                    I mean.........it depends. :l
                    • carrotcake
                      carrotcake4년 이상
                      The scientists would most likely keep them in a space of their own, so they are not bothered until they are used to the new modern world.
                      • galaxykittyytog
                        galaxykittyytog4년 이상
                        Maybe, but you never know for sure. 😅

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