The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

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Ancient DNA decays roughly four times faster in the Caribbean than in temperate North America and about 14 times faster than in subpolar Greenland and Alaska, and modelling the slowest-decaying of the 75 dated samples that still held enough DNA puts the practical limit on recoverable DNA there at roughly 5,000 years

ScienceBlog.com, 16 Sep 2026

Canímar Abajo, a limestone rock shelter in Cuba, produced some of the best-preserved samples in a new survey of ancient DNA…

Az eddig talált legősibb DNS-ből rekonstruálták, hogyan nézett ki Grönland 2 millió éve

Qubit, 07 Dec 2022

Ősi DNS-mintákból rekonstruálták, hogyan nézhetett ki 2 millió éve Grönland északi része, ahol ma sarkvidéki éghajlat uralkodik.

The Trouble With Dinosaur Bones

Science Alert, 27 Mar 2021

DNA perishes so easily, cloning ancient animals is a lot harder than you'd think.

Останки утконосого динозавра сохранили клетки хрящей и ДНК

N+1: научные статьи, новости, открытия, 02 Mar 2020

Вероятно, дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота все-таки может сохраняться десятки миллионов лет, если ее правильно упаковать

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