Predator‑stomach genomics

Stomach contents of well‑dated predator remains can serve as unexpected, high‑quality sources of contemporaneous prey genomes and tissues. Sequencing such material yields snapshots of lost populations, expands sampling coverage where direct remains are rare, and provides a forensic, context‑anchored route to study extinction dynamics. — If institutionalized, this method would materially enlarge paleogenomic datasets and change how conservation scientists and historians reconstruct late‑Quaternary population collapses and human–environment interactions.