700,000-year-old poop tells rich story of a lost Ice Age world
New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News [Unofficial]
June 14, 2026
One of the world's oldest turds has been given the royal science treatment, with ancient Arctic ground squirrel droppings offering a smorgasbord of DNA from other animals and plants dating back up to 700,000 years.
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Category: Biology, Science
Tags: McMaster University, DNA, Wildlife, Animal science, Animals, ancient, Wooly mammoth
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