Ice age camel DNA discovered in Canada change theories on species

New results of fossil analysis will help scientists to understand why the camels went extinct 13,000 years ago and to re-examine other species

Miners in north-western Canada have discovered ice age camel bones whose DNA is forcing scientists to redraw the family tree of the now-extinct species.

Grant Zazula, a paleontologist with the Yukon's department of tourism and culture, said three fossils recovered from a gold mine in the Klondike in 2008 are the first western camel bones found in the territory or Alaska in decades.