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DNA in Arctic Ground Squirrel Faeces Reveals 700,000-Year-Old Beringian Ecosystemforbes.com
science15 hrs ago

DNA in Arctic Ground Squirrel Faeces Reveals 700,000-Year-Old Beringian Ecosystem

Researchers extracted genetic material from 13 burrows in Yukon permafrost, identifying microbes, plants, insects and large mammals including woolly mammoths.

New Scientist
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Cambrian Fossils With Preserved Soft Tissues Place Bryozoa in the Early Cambrian and Indicate Even Earlier Stem Originskottke.org
science23 hrs ago

Cambrian Fossils With Preserved Soft Tissues Place Bryozoa in the Early Cambrian and Indicate Even Earlier Stem Origins

@Nature reported that phosphatized soft tissues in fossils from China place bryozoans among animals present at the Cambrian explosion.

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