Mammoths in Alaska

Both mammoths and horses may have lived in the interior of Alaska between about 11,000 and 7,000 years ago. This is significantly more recent than the youngest fossil remains of horses and mammoths, dated between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago.

Imagine mammoths roaming the earth as early as 5000 BCE.

This discovery is due to Mitochondrial DNA Samples.

Jackson Family DNA?

This week's prize for pseudo-scientific snake-oil goes to Los Angeles-based My DNA Fragrance - which is selling perfume it claims is made using DNA samples from Michael Jackson.

Firm sells perfume 'made from Michael Jackson's DNA'The company stops short of suggesting you'll actually smell like him - apparently the perfume's simply supposed to mark his "history making moments".