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Ancient molar tooth fossil against dark background representing Denisovan genetic discovery

The Denisovans: What a 200,000-Year-Old Tooth Reveals

A molar found in a Siberian cave has yielded the oldest high-coverage ancient genome ever sequenced, rewriting our understanding of human evolution's most mysterious relatives.

Casey Cooper·January 12, 2026

Preserved woolly mammoth frozen in Siberian permafrost with visible fur

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Frozen in Time: Scientists Recover 40,000-Year-Old RNA From a Woolly Mammoth

For the first time, researchers have sequenced RNA from an ancient animal, opening an entirely new window into how extinct creatures actually lived.

Casey Cooper·December 7, 2025

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