World’s Oldest DNA – 1.2 Million Years Old – Reveals How Mammoths Evolved

https://scitechdaily.com ^ | FEBRUARY 17, 2021 | By STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The scientists found that only minute amounts of DNA remained in the samples and that the DNA was degraded into very small fragments.

So...nothing they could use to create a living mammoth. Too bad.

[Pollster1]

Sequence enough fragments . . .

[CptnObvious]

No way any DNA should last 1.2 Million years

[buckalfa]

"So...nothing they could use to create a living mammoth. Too bad."

In my best Homer Simpson voice: mmmmmmmm, mammoth burgers!

[Democrat = party of treason]

The more they find, the less they actually know. So goes the study of Anthropology...

[JimRed]

An educated guess would be that we could recover DNA that is two million years old, and possibly go even as far back as 2.6 million. Before that, there was no permafrost where ancient DNA could have been preserved,” says Anders Götherström, a professor in molecular archaeology and joint research leader at the Centre for Palaeogenetics.

No permafrost? Global warming from Fred Flintstone's SUV, no doubt!

[Red Badger]

I thought that the Erf went thru many cycles of freeze then fry during those millions of years..................

[bgill]

I saw those three woolly mammoths pass the house just yesterday.

[SERE_DOC]

COVID genome

[Pollster1]

The article says it did. Give them a few more months, and . . .