References
& Sources - July 18, 1998 
Paleoscatology: Prying DNA from dated dung
Genes preserved in the dung of an extinct ground sloth reveal the animal’s diet.
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 3, July 18, 1998, p. 38.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.
References:
Poinar, H.N., et al. 1998. Molecular coproscopy: Dung and diet of the extinct ground sloth Nothrotheriops shastensis. Science 281(July 17):402.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R. 1998. Getting the scoop from the poop of T. rex. Science News 153(June 20):391.
Sources:
Hendrik N. Poinar
University of Munich
Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Zoological Institute
Luisenstrasse 14
D-80333 Munich Germany
7/18/98
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