Tag: extinct species
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Giant 250kg Kangaroos: Ancient Jumping Giants Revealed
Introduction A new look at Australia’s prehistoric fauna suggests that giant 250kg kangaroos could still hop with the same springy vigor seen in today’s smaller species. While modern kangaroos are famed for their ability to cover long distances by leaping on two hind legs, their towering ancestors—massive even by marsupial standards—appeared to retain this distinctive…
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Ancient RNA Reveals the Final Moments of a 40,000-Year-Old Siberian Woolly Mammoth
New findings illuminate the life and death of a prehistoric giant In a groundbreaking study, scientists from Stockholm University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History have achieved what many believed impossible: extracting and sequencing RNA from the soft tissue of a juvenile woolly mammoth that roamed the frozen terrains of Siberia around 40,000 years…