Woolly Mammoths (IMAGE)

University of Chicago Medical Center

Woolly Mammoths

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The first comprehensive analysis of the woolly mammoth genome reveals extensive genetic changes that allowed mammoths to adapt to life in the arctic.

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credit: Giant Screen Films © 2012 D3D Ice Age, LLC

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