# 700,000-year-old poop tells rich story of a lost Ice Age world

> One of the world's oldest turds has been given the royal science treatment, with ancient Arctic ground squirrel droppings offering a smorgasbord of DNA from other animals and plants dating back up to 700,000 years.

- **Source:** [Refractor](https://refractor.io/biology/squirrel-poop-dna-woolly-mammoths-cheetahs/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a32b465de814794a0d708ad)
- **Published:** 2026-06-17
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #poop #world #ancient #animals #ground #lost #preserved #rich
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