Prehistoric wolf gut frozen in time reveals an Ice Age giant

Prehistoric wolf gut frozen in time reveals an Ice Age giant

On the vast expanse of the Siberian steppe, 14,000 years ago, a 2-month-old wolf cub swallowed some woolly rhinoceros meat. Moments later, its underground burrow collapsed, killing the cub and its sister. The contents of the wolf’s stomach, frozen in the permafrost along with its carcass, have allowed scientists to sequence the DNA of one … Read more

The greatest mystery of human evolution has begun to unravel. How 2025 tipped the scales

The greatest mystery of human evolution has begun to unravel. How 2025 tipped the scales

The greatest mystery of human evolution, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old little finger bone, finally began to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the scientific community in 2010 when it revealed a previously unknown human population that in the distant past met and interbred with our own … Read more