Just like humans, mammoths had a robust community of microorganisms living on their skin and inside their bodies. Now, for the first time, scientists have identified some of the individual species ...

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An analysis of the bones and teeth of ancient mammoths (Mammuthus) has identified some of the microorganisms that lived in ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the ...

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Scientists found million-year-old microbial DNA in mammoths, revealing ancient infections and host-microbe relationships.