A mammoth toothache: bacterial community discovered in mouth of ancient mammal

www.nature.com

A mammoth toothache: bacterial community discovered in mouth of ancient mammal

www.nature.com

paywallMB to

NatureEnglish · 5 days ago

Nature, Published online: 02 September 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02799-x

Genetic-sequencing techniques have uncovered the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recorded — inside samples of teeth and bones from woolly and steppe mammoths.

From Nature via this RSS feed

You must log in or # to comment.

Chat

Nature

nature

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !nature@ibbit.at

Community locked: only moderators can create posts. You can still comment on posts.

Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.

Don’t post archive.is links or full text of articles, you will receive a temp ban.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

1 user / day
1 user / week
5 users / month
17 users / 6 months
1 local subscriber
9 subscribers
679 Posts
6 Comments
Modlog