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Yuka, a 39,000-year-old baby mammoth, was found with liquid blood in her veins, a positive sign for scientists wishing to study the animal’s DNA.
A 40,000 year old teenage wooly mammoth “in surprisingly good shape” has gone on display in Moscow. Scientists want to bring her back to life, by cloning her DNA.
Reports the AP, “The scientists who found the teenage mammoth in 2010 in Russia’s far north region of Yakutia have named it Yuka. The carcass had gone on display in Japan and Taiwan before it was exhibited in Moscow Tuesday.”
They’re trying to clone these critters.