The Oldest DNA Ever Found

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Researchers mapped the mammoth family tree by extracting DNA from fossils. Also, scientists found some sessile animals living under Antarctica's ice shelf, and they're really cool. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Jb Taishoff, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, LehelKovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03224-9 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.642040/full https://press.springernature.com/million-year-old-dna-sheds-light-on-the-genomic-history-of-mammo/18802858 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/f-sca020921.php Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mammuthus_trogontherii122DB.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbian_mammo

Published 2021-02-20 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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