Swedish scientists discovered the world’s oldest DNA in their research in Siberia. DNA discovered in three mammoth teeth is about 1.2 million years old.

Three mammoth tusks emerging from the frozen land of Siberia stunned the scientific world. The world’s oldest living DNA was discovered in mammoth teeth, which were found to be about 1.2 million years old.

Details of the research conducted by Swedish scientists were published in Nature, one of the world’s most important peer-reviewed scientific journals. It has been announced that DNA belonging to the species, estimated to be the ancestor of mammoths known as the North American creature, survived thanks to the frozen soil. Until now, the DNA of a horse between 560,000 and 780,000 years old was considered the oldest finding.

The researchers also found that the molars found in their studies on mammoth teeth came from two different mammoth species. However, it was previously thought that there was only one type of mammoth in the area.

According to experts, the limit has not been reached yet. They are hopeful about going back 2.5 million years with new discoveries.