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Woolly Mammoth’s 40,000-Year-Old Secret

Scientists just cracked open a frozen woolly mammoth from Siberia and found something wild: not just ancient DNA, but actual RNA that survived for nearly 40,000 years! This is a total game-changer—RNA is super fragile, so nobody thought it could last that long. Now, researchers can see what was happening in the mammoth’s cells right before it died. Oh, and plot twist: Yuka the mammoth was actually a dude, not a girl. Mind blown! #Science #MammothDiscovery #AncientRNA