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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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[–] psud@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

From a thylacine, which went extinct in the 20th century, which we have video of while it was alive

It's important, but not spelling out which species in the title is a bit misleading

[–] neuropean@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Found the peer reviewed article, and it’s reminiscent of the Jack Sparrow meme. This has got to be the worst quality RNA-seq I’ve ever seen published (if anyone knows of any worse, feel free to link) but at least they found some mappable reads. At least globin genes had mapped reads, but I haven’t checked the thylacine genome assembly to know what degree of conservation exists between globin genes.

[–] BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Woot! Lets bring back the Tasmanian tigers!