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 ...

Ancient squirrel poop provides a snapshot of life during the last ice age. And, how different types of laughter originate in ...

Prehistoric squirrel droppings were analyzed and found to contain genetic material of numerous ice-age beasts, plants, microbes and fungi.

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Ancient poop left behind by Arctic ground squirrels ended up containing a remarkable array of genetic information, a study says. Reading time 2 minutes Arctic ground squirrels will eat just about ...

When most people imagine paleontologists at work, they likely envision researchers investigating giant dinosaur fossils or a long-frozen woolly mammoth. Sometimes, however, the best snapshots of ...

DNA preserved in 700,000-year-old squirrel droppings uncovered mammoths and other species, providing a detailed view of an ancient Arctic ecosystem.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers document a cluster of ancient Arctic ground squirrel faecal pellets preserved in permafrost at Hunker Creek, Yukon, in ...

NPR's Short Wave team talks about how air pollution affects the brain, what ancient squirrel poop reveals about prehistoric fauna, and a whale graveyard on the ocean floor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s reconstruction of Pleistocene Yukon, showing Arctic ground squirrels scavenging meat and foraging on plants within the ...