Siberian ice cores turn out to contain 400,000 year old plant DNA, the oldest yet known specimen. The cores also contain soil samples with DNA fragments from horses, mammoths and bison.
And, 8,600 tortoise shells carved with signs appear to be the oldest evidence yet of written language. The shells were found in graves in Jiahu, Henan Province in China.
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