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Received — 9 June 2026 ⏭ Nature

Nature
Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’ 9 June 2026 at 01:00

Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’

Nature

By: Ewen Callaway

9 June 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01840-x

Fossilized poo harbours remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed.