When it comes to interactions between animals and microbes in the ancient past, focus has primarily been on humans and our closest ancestors rather than extinct animals, such as mammoths. A new study led by Benjamin Guinet from the Swedish Museum of Natural History has analysed microbial DNA from no fewer than 483 mammoth remains. These remains span over one …
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