A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to survive the cold during the ice age. A team of palaeontologists and ...
The remains of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros recovered from an Ice Age wolf's stomach have given new clues about the demise of the species. Analysis of the rhino's genome suggests the extinct ...
Researchers from the Centre for Palaeogenetics have managed to analyse the genome from a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros, ...
Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
An Italian study reveals that ancient DNA from Western Hunter-Gatherers, who survived the Ice Age, is more prevalent in centenarians. These genetic variants, linked to immune strength and stress ...
The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, ...