Ancient squirrel feces offer 'time capsule' of environment thousands of years ago - CTV News

Ancient squirrel feces offer 'time capsule' of environment thousands of years ago – CTV News

June 10, 2026

Ancient squirrel feces offer ‘time capsule’ of environment thousands of years ago CTV NewsGround squirrel coprolites preserve complex archives of ancient environmental DNA over 700,000 years NatureSquirrel droppings yield a goldmine of prehistoric DNA The Globe and MailWoolly mammoth among trove of ancient DNA found in squirrel poo France 24B.C. researchers discover ‘treasure trove’ of Ice Age DNA in ancient squirrel droppings Vancouver Sun