Tag: Kap Kbenhavn

  • Mastodons were roaming in the area 2 million years ago.

    Mastodons were roaming in the area 2 million years ago.

    Researchers have found two million-year-old DNA sequences in Greenland’s Kap Kbenhavn, the oldest ever obtained from frozen soil. They said the region was once home to mastodons and reindeer that roamed a forested ecosystem. “Not in a million years would you expect a mastodon up there,” researcher Ole Willerslev said. The researchers used DNA matched…