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Skin and Bones: Inside Baby Mammoths
By Stephanie Pappas published
Computed tomography (CT) scans of two ancient baby mammoths
Baby Mammoth Innards Revealed in X-Ray Images
By Stephanie Pappas published
One Ice Age mammoth gets a sex reassignment after researchers realizes the 'he' was a she.
Mammoth Mystery: What Killed Off the Woolly Beast?
By Charles Q. Choi published
Climate swings and humans are the most likely suspects.
How Woolly Mammoths Survived Arctic Cold
By Andrea Thompson published
Ancient woolly mammoth DNA shows that changes to blood helped beasts adapt to cold.
Mammoth Mystery: The Beasts' Final Years
By Charles Q. Choi published
Woolly mammoths' last stand before extinction in Siberia wasn't made by natives.
Woolly Mammoths Existed in Two Distinct Groups
By Andrea Thompson published
Genetic data from frozen hairs show two genetically distinct groups of woolly mammoths.
Study: Humans Drove Final Nail into Mammoth Coffin
By Clara Moskowitz published
Both climate change and human hunting had a role in woolly mammoth extinction.
Woolly Mammoth Hair Yields 'Fantastic' DNA
By Ker Than published
Hair is a better source of ancient DNA than bone or muscle, a woollymammoth study suggests.
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