Scientists studying ancient Siberian bone fragments used DNA to identify a previously unknown extinct bovine related to modern yaks that followed its own evolutionary path for hundreds of thousands of years
Comparison of these genomes with those of modern and extinct bovines revealed that the remains represented a previously unrecognized lineage. A handful of unremarkable bone fragments from caves in southern Siberia have turned out to hold an extraordinary evolutionary story. According to an online report by Phys Org, ancient DNA recovered from the remains has…
