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700,000 year-old Thistle Creek horse eclipses Denisovan record

Posted on July 12, 2013 by

Until last month, the most ancient whole genome ever sequenced from the DNA residues extracted from fossilized bone was from a polar bear.  Continuously frozen in ice for about 120,000 years on Svalbard Island, Norway, this polar bear jaw helped … Continue reading →

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