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RNA Molecules Found Preserved in 39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tissues


Scientists have successfully extracted and sequenced ancient RNA from permafrost-preserved tissues of 10 woolly mammoths. One of these, dated to be 39,000 years old, represents the oldest ancient RNA sequences recorded to date.

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