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DNA reveals that mastodons roamed a forested Greenland two million years ago

  • RESEARCH BRIEFINGS
  • 07 December 2022

Ancient environmental DNA from northern Greenland opens a new chapter in genetic research, demonstrating that it is possible to track the ecology and evolution of biological communities two million years ago. The record shows an open boreal-forest ecosystem inhabited by large animals such as mastodons and reindeer.

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