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deadmeatsandwich t1_iw99axc wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in How do we have more woolly mammoth DNA than dodo DNA if woolly mammoths died off thousands of years ago and dodos only died off a few hundred? by Memer9456

I think the OP means just the DNA samples of the species alone, and not contained within a human genome.

It’s not just when the two species died, it’s also a factor of where/how they died. Mammoths are from cold arctic regions, and many of them died and have been encased in permafrost, which is essentially a natural freezer which helps preserve any samples.

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