Paleogenomics and habitat modeling reveal temperate Eurasian origins of woolly rhinoceroses.

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Paleogenomics and habitat modeling reveal temperate Eurasian origins of woolly rhinoceroses.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 10 Sept 2026

Lei Xiao-Le, Ruan Jiaoyang, Liang Xueyuan, Teixeira Raquel, Zhang Jiangyue, Gilardet Alexandre, Zhou Xu, Han Yu, Zhao Zhihan, Yue Hai-Yan, Kozlikin Maxim, Vasiliev Sergey, Medvedev Stanislav, Kruskop Sergei, Xing Song, Wang Ting, Basova Vera, Ma Lijuan, Shi Bohua, Shao Qingfeng, Douka Katerina, Shunkov Michael, Buzhilova Alexandra, Dalén Love, Yu He

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The woolly rhinoceros was a prominent Ice Age megafaunal species, and there is limited knowledge regarding its origin and responses to past glacial cycles. We sequenced 29 mitochondrial and 14 nuclear genomes from Pleistocene specimens across Eurasia and modeled the species' habitats over the past 500,000 years. Our results suggest that its maternal genetic diversity mainly evolved in temperate Eurasia around 460...

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PMID: 42721240
DOI: 10.1126/science.aed0430

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