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  1. 14-Jan-2026
    Woolly #rhino genome recovered from #IceAge wolf stomach

    Researchers from the Centre for #Palaeogenetics have managed to analyse the #genome from a 14,400-year-old #woollyRhinoceros, recovered from a tissue sample found preserved inside the stomach of an ancient #wolf.

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #ecology #evolution #extinction

  2. Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’.

    The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit.

    mediafaro.org/article/20251006

    #SvantePaabo #HomoSapiens #NobelPrize #Paleogenetics #Palaeogenetics #Genetic #Neanderthals #Science

  3. Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’.

    The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit.

    mediafaro.org/article/20251006

    #SvantePaabo #HomoSapiens #NobelPrize #Paleogenetics #Palaeogenetics #Genetic #Neanderthals #Science

  4. Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’.

    The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit.

    mediafaro.org/article/20251006

    #SvantePaabo #HomoSapiens #NobelPrize #Paleogenetics #Palaeogenetics #Genetic #Neanderthals #Science

  5. Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’.

    The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit.

    mediafaro.org/article/20251006

    #SvantePaabo #HomoSapiens #NobelPrize #Paleogenetics #Palaeogenetics #Genetic #Neanderthals #Science

  6. Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’.

    The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit.

    mediafaro.org/article/20251006

    #SvantePaabo #HomoSapiens #NobelPrize #Paleogenetics #Palaeogenetics #Genetic #Neanderthals #Science