Squirrel poop dating back to last ice age is full of mammoth, horse DNA
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Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
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Jun 10, 2026