World's oldest DNA sequenced from tooth of mammoth that lived 10 lakh yrs ago

A tooth from a mammoth that lived more than 10 lakh years ago has yielded the world's oldest DNA sequence . Previously , the most ancient DNA sample was from a horse that lived between 560,000 and 780,000 years ago . " This DNA is incredibly old , " said Love Dalen , a professor of evolutionary genetics at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm . Continue...