2 million-year-old DNA contains a lost world of Greenland

By sequencing environmental DNA from Greenland, scientists have been able to reconstruct the region's ecosystem 2 million years ago. A feat. DNA contains valuable information — sometimes about an entire environment and the species, it contains. And the advantage, for paleontologists, is that it can be preserved for millions of years. By diving into these genetic traces, we … Continue reading 2 million-year-old DNA contains a lost world of Greenland

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