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Díez-del-Molino, D., Dehasque, M., Chacón-Duque, C., Patrícia Pečnerová, Tikhonov, A., Protopopov, A., Plotnikov, V., Kanellidou, F., Nikolskiy, P., Mortensen, P., Danilov, G. K., Vartanyan, S., Gilbert, M. T. P., Lister, A. M., Heintzman, P. D.,  van der Valk, T. & Dalén, L.

What made woolly mammoths Ice Age icons?

Paleo Science Journal for Teens

• Media coverage for our paper on what makes a mammoth a mammoth

Lammers, Y., Alsos, I. G. & Heintzman, P. D.

Ice Age algae bloom on Andøya

The research corner at UiT News

• Media coverage for our paper on algal environmental palaeogenomics

Froese, D., Stiller, M., Heintzman, P. D., Reyes, A. V., Zazula, G. D., Soares, A. E. R., Meyer, M., Hall, E., Jensen, B. J. L., Arnold, L. J., MacPhee, R. D. E. & Shapiro, B.

When did bison arrive in North America?

Paleo Science Journal for Teens

• Media coverage for our paper on the arrival of bison in North America

Heintzman, P. D.

Tweaking the mammal family tree with ancient DNA and fossil proteins

Blog post at WordPress website

Heintzman, P. D.

Patterns in palaeontology: an introduction to ancient DNA

Palaeontology [online] 3(10), 1–10.

Quoted by Jacopo Prisco

Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin

CNN (Jul. 11, 2024)

Quoted by Ulrika Engström

Här levde vår tre meter långa jättekusin – nu vet man varför den dog ut

(EN: Our three-metre-long giant cousin lived here - now you know why it died out)

SVT (Swedish Television; svt.se) (Jan. 15, 2024) (in Swedish, but translatable with Google)

Interview with Magnus Trogen Pahlén

Using genetics to map the impacts of prehistoric climate change

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Videos & Presentations

Quoted by Tom Metcalfe

DNA from this 3,000-year-old brick tells the story of a king—and cabbages

National Geographic (Aug. 30, 2023)

Interview with Katy Dycus

sedaDNA: wrestling secrets from sediments

Mammoth Trumpet 38(2): 1-4,20.

Quoted by Josh Ulick

Ancient DNA Paints Picture of What Life Was Like Two Million Years Ago

Wall Street Journal (Dec. 7, 2022)

Interview with Laurel Oldach

Ancient ecosystem reconstructed using 2-million-year-old DNA

Chemical  & Engineering News (Dec. 7, 2022)

Interview with Sejal Davla

Finding The Cause of Mammoth Extinction

The Scientist (Sept. 7, 2022)

Quoted by Ellen Kathrine Bludd

Verdens eldste DNA funnet i tannen til mammut

(EN: The world's oldest DNA found in mammoth's tooth)

Labrint (UiT's knowledge magazine; in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

Ung.Forskning.no (in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

• Media coverage for our paper on million-year-old mammoth genomes

Interview with Annie Roth

Why was this ancient tusk 150 miles from land, 10,000 feet deep?

New York Times (Nov. 22, 2021)

Interview with Sabrina Imbler

The Horse You Rode In On May Have Been Made in Southern Russia

New York Times (Oct. 20, 2021)

Quoted by Owen Jarus

'Female' warrior buried in medieval grave may be non-binary

LiveScience (Aug. 6, 2021)

Quoted by Elise Kjørstad

Planter fortsatte å spre seg mot nord tusener av år etter klimaendringen på slutten av istiden

(EN: Plants continued to spread north for thousands of years after climate change at the end of the ice age)

Forskning.no (in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

• Media coverage for our paper on plant postglacial colonisation of northern Scandinavia

Quoted by Elise Kjørstad

Forskere har avdekket DNA fra mennesker i 25 000 år gammel jord

(EN: Scientists have uncovered DNA from humans in 25,000-year-old soil)

Forskning.no (in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

Forskere finder DNA fra mennesker i 25.000 år gammel jord

Videnskab.dk (Danish, but translatable with Google) 

Interview with Elise Kjørstad

If horses hadn’t made it out of North America, they probably wouldn’t exist today

Science Norway (English)

Hvis ikke hestene hadde kommet seg ut av Nord-Amerika, så hadde de trolig ikke eksistert i dag

Forskning.no (Norwegian, but translatable with Google) 

• Media coverage for our paper on the movements and mixing of Beringian horses

Interview with Elise Kjørstad

Eldgammelt bjørne-DNA er hentet ut fra jord i en grotte

(EN: Ancient bear DNA was extracted from soil in a cave)

Forskning.no (in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

• Media coverage for our paper on ancient bear environmental genomes

Interview with Guro Tarjem

Abels tårn (Abel's tower)

NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio P2, aired on Feb. 26, 09.03 CET

• Media coverage for our paper on million-year-old mammoth genomes

Mention in article by Patrícia Pečnerová

Behind the paper: Pushing the limits with million-year-old DNA

Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community

• Media coverage for our paper on million-year-old mammoth genomes

Interview with Lars Adrian Giske

UiT-forsker bidro til stort gjennombrudd: Gjenskapte verdens eldste DNA

(EN: UiT researcher contributed to major breakthrough: Recreated the world's oldest DNA)

iTromsø (local newspaper; in Norwegian)

• Media coverage for our paper on million-year-old mammoth genomes

Interview with Veronica Turnage

Over en million år gammel mammuttann sjokkerte forskerne

(EN: Over a million-year-old mammoth tooth shocked researchers)

NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) (in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

• Media coverage for our paper on million-year-old mammoth genomes

Interview with Elise Kjørstad

Verdens eldste DNA: Forskere har studert genomet til en million år gamle mammuter

(EN: The world's oldest DNA: Scientists have studied the genome of a million-year-old mammoths)

Forskning.no (in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

• Media coverage for our paper on million-year-old mammoth genomes

Interview with Ellen Kathrine Bludd

Verdens eldste DNA gir ny innsikt i mammutens evolusjon

(EN: The world's oldest DNA provides new insight into the evolution of the mammoth)

UiT News (in Norwegian, but translatable with Google)

• Media coverage for our paper on million-year-old mammoth genomes

Interview with Marius Hoe

Geologiens dag 2020: Dagny (9) og Nike (8) fikk et innblikk i geologiens verden: – Det var en spennende omvisning

(EN: Geology 2020: Dagny (9) and Nike (8) got an insight into the world of geology: - It was an exciting tour

iTromsø (local newspaper; in Norwegian)

Interview with Anna Brooks

Ancient climate change may have dragged the wild horses away

Popular Science (Jul. 31, 2018)

Interview with Gry Elisabeth Mortensen

Nesten-hesten: Nye DNA-funn gjør at evolusjonshistorien må omskrives

(EN: The almost-horse: New DNA findings make it possible for the evolutionary story to be rewritten)

Aftenposten Histoire 2018:4, 80-81. (print only; in Norwegian)

• Media coverage for our paper on the stilt-legged horses of North America

Interview with Chris Smith

A new genus of extinct horse

The Naked Scientists (also featured on the eLife podcast, ep. 44)

• Media coverage for our paper on the stilt-legged horses of North America

Interview with Caroline Wood

Ancient mysteries - the world of palaeogenomics

The Society for Experimental Biology Magazine Aut. 2017, 40-45.

Interview with Alan Yuhas

Researchers follow the bison for clues to mystery of ancient America's settlement

The Guardian

• Media coverage for our paper on the opening of North America's ice-free corridor