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Ancient Squirrels Ate Woolly Mammoth Meat. The Proof Is in the Poop. - The New York Times

Ancient Squirrels Ate Woolly Mammoth Meat. The Proof Is in the Poop. - The New York Times

Ancient Squirrels Ate Woolly Mammoth Meat. The Proof Is in the Poop. The New York Times Squirrel droppings yield a goldmine of prehistoric DNA The Globe and Mail Frozen squirrel poop hints at sights and smells of Ice Age ecosystems Science News Woolly mammoth among trove of ancient DNA found in squirrel poo Yahoo To reconstruct an ancient ecosystem, the proof is in the squirrel poop Popular Science

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