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Oldest Known DNA Found in Greenland Ice Core

by Pat Coate | July 08, 2007

Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland - The oldest known strands of DNA have been recovered from frozen mud taken from the base of Greenland's ice sheet, according to a new study.

The find surpasses the previous record for the oldest DNA, which came from mammoths and other animals frozen in Siberia about 300,000 to 400,000 years ago.

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