Posted on Jun 29, 2022
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"The Yukon has a world-renowned fossil record of ice age animals, but mummified remains with skin and hair are rarely unearthed. Nun cho ga is the most complete mummified mammoth found in North America."
The baby mammoth has been named "Nun cho ga"
The press release is relatively short and very interesting - conveying what a big deal the discovery is.
The baby mammoth has been named "Nun cho ga"
The press release is relatively short and very interesting - conveying what a big deal the discovery is.
Mummified baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Klondike | Government of Yukon
Posted from yukon.ca
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Not sure if the DNA would have survived so we could clone one today in a modern elephant
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SGT Mary G. Arctic elephants. I guess they could convert a hockey rink into a place the mammoth would not sweat or overheat. It adapted to the cold weather by growing hair
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SGT Mary G.
LTC (Join to see) - That could work. And their food source too. Does it even exist anymore and do we know what it was - maybe not the same as today's vegetation. Perhaps an elephant as the surrogate would contribute to adaptation. Clones notoriously have degraded DNA, though.
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SGT Mary G. yes and probably have shorter lifespans and propensity for cancer or other diseases.
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Great Archaeology share sister SGT Mary G. , this should probably be in a future Archaeology magazine .
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SGT Mary G.
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth I agree. Maybe they are doing more research about the possibility of viable DNA before they publish anything. Not sure I think it is a good idea to try to use viable DNA, but I know many do think so.
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