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Photos: A 40,000-year-old mammoth autopsy
By Tia Ghose published
An ancient mammoth preserved in permafrost could be the best chance of cloning the extinct beast yet.
In photos: Mummified woolly mammoth discovered
By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe published
Take a look at images of a 39,000-year-old woolly mammoth with a preserved brain discovered in the Siberian permafrost.
Swimming Mammoths Beat Humans to California
By Becky Oskin published
A fossil tusk rescued from the sea proves mammoths swam to Southern California's Channel Islands much earlier than thought, and they beat humans there.
Last Terrifying Moments of Baby Mammoths Revealed
By Tia Ghose published
CT Scanning has revealed the grim last moments to two ancient mammoth calves that choked on mud more than 40,000 years ago.
Last Woolly Mammoths May Have Suffered Birth Defects
By Stephanie Pappas published
The last of the woolly mammoths living in the Late Pleistocene in northern Europe may have suffered stillbirths and catastrophic birth defects, as signaled by extra ribs found in mammoth fossils.
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