This Ancient Tooth Could Shake Up How We Study Evolution | SciShow News

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Scientists were able to get molecular information from 1.7 million years old teeth using a new method that could completely change how we study extinct organisms. SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Hosted by: Stefan Chin 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: Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- 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://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1555-y https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/game-changing-research-could-solve-evolution-mysteries https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01986-x https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-0019-6_65 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11846037 https://palaeo-electronica.org/2002_2/editor/r_and_p.htm https://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/paleontology/morphol

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