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Last Wrangel Mammoth

Life

The last woolly mammoths on Earth died from bad luck, not inbreeding

A genetic study of woolly mammoths found on an isolated Arctic island shows they reached a stable population that lasted millennia, so were probably wiped out by a random event rather than inbreeding

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How dodo de-extinction is helping rescue the extraordinary pink pigeon

Environment

How dodo de-extinction is helping rescue the extraordinary pink pigeon

Features

Life

Can genetically modifying a rare marsupial save it from extinction?

Analysis

The best new science fiction books of April 2024

Comment

The best new science fiction books of April 2024

Culture

Life

Is the woolly mammoth really on the brink of being resurrected?

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F0MN2D Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis). Natural History Museum. University of Oslo. Norway.

Comment

The Last of its Kind review: How the great auk left an enduring legacy

Culture

Life

Why huge ape Gigantopithecus went extinct up to 295,000 years ago

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Technology

There’s a 5% chance of AI causing humans to go extinct, say scientists

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Life

Extinct Tasmanian tiger yields RNA secrets that could aid resurrection

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2H2KWF7 Flowers and trees during the Cretaceous period, illustration

Comment

Extinctions review: A fast-paced story of going extinct on Earth

Days of mass death on Earth are dramatically captured by Michael Benton in his book, Extinctions. It's well-told and gripping, but real palaeontology afficionados may crave newer stories

Culture

Environment

Extreme fires caused by ancient humans wiped out Californian megafauna

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Life

Life’s hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution and how they work

Features

Comment

Earth review: BBC tells terrifying story of our planet’s Great Dying

Culture

Environment

Loss of large animals in Europe is entirely due to people, not climate

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