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Not about mammoth dna, but about dna from organisms in a lake. I thought this would focus more on genetic isolation, but it’s more about how resource isolation
by gpapilion 6y ago
Not about mammoth dna, but about dna from organisms in a lake. I thought this would focus more on genetic isolation, but it’s more about how resource isolation can cause a extinction.
- mc32 6y agoI think it’s fascinating that rather than disease or inbreeding felling them, they died of thirst due to a prolonged drought that made the only water source salty over time and by then there was no land bridge escape route.
- sradman 6y agoIt is not only about mammoth DNA but it was part of the mix which allowed them to determine exactly when mammoths disappeared (other proxies correlated to the timeline).