Oldest RNA Ever Recovered Captures a Woolly Mammoth’s Dying Moments

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Sea Urchins Are Basically Brains Covered in Spikes, Study Finds

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Biologists Turn Skin Cells Into Human Eggs in Groundbreaking Experiment

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Biotech Startup Claims It’s Getting Closer to ‘Resurrecting’ the Extinct Dodo

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The Genetic Trick That Helped Humans Ride Horses

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Here's what potential 23andMe buyers could do with your genetic data

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23andMe is looking for buyers, raising concerns about how the company's trove of genetic data might be leveraged under a new owner.

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‘De-Extinction’ Company Says It’s Very, Very Close to a Complete Tasmanian Tiger Genome

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Why the Batteries in Your Body’s Cells Only Come From Mom and Why It Matters

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Scientists discovered a unique line of Neanderthals and it's helping solve the mystery of humanity's last great extinction

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Neanderthals went extinct 40,000 years ago, and researchers are continuing to find clues about why.

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Dingo or Dog? Ancient DNA Just Settled a Longstanding Canine Debate

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Dingos found to have little domestic dog DNA

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