A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA
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A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland has been uncovered through the analysis of environmental DNA. This discovery is reportedly the oldest DNA found to date, revealing information about a lost Ice Age world and what Greenland may have looked like at that time. The findings appear to have broken the previous record for the oldest DNA by one million years, shedding light on the plants and animals that existed in the region during that era.
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