By analyzing the DNA of 30 individuals, the researchers found that the majority were female. This stands in stark contrast to other mammoth sites, where males tend to dominate the fossil record.

Scientists at Colossal Biosciences have achieved a milestone to resurrecting the woolly mammoth: laboratory mice with thick, ...

And lots of it. In the case of the woolly mammoth, ancient remnants of DNA have been found buried in fossils recovered from ...

This was not an easy task; the mammoth's genome has more than 4 billion base pairs of DNA. The human genome, in comparison, has only 3 billion. Scientists were "able to assemble the genome of a ...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth and later the dodo ... extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically ...