Small ears, frizzy hair and dry ear wax — the genetics of mammoths

While the researchers are not involved in trying to resurrect the mammoth through cloning, their work could assist any such effort.

By Will Dunham, Reuters April 7, 2023
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WASHINGTON — The largest-ever genetic assessment of the woolly mammoth has yielded new insight into this elephant cousin — an icon of the Ice Age — including about its fluffy hair, small ears, cold tolerance, fat storage and even dry ear wax.

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