Yuka, the name of the juvenile mammoth fossil, discovered in a cliff frozen in Siberia, according to scientists, Yuka provide important insight into the secrets of animal shaped like a giant elephant that has not been known, such as hair and eye color.
Scientists who examined the body Yuka discover many mysteries. Body fossils, for example, shows early humans allegedly stole the rest of the carcass after death Yuka lion predation. It is known from injuries consistent with the mammoth body is strongly suspected in the attack and singa.Jika human right, the findings will be the first evidence of interaction between the mammoth and ancient human ever found in the area tersebut.Yuka estimated three to four years old when he died and still have the foot pads and the hair that grows between them. Scientists estimate Yuka buried in ice for more than 10 thousand years. Yuka's body following an injury suffered in a well preserved es.Kevin Campbell, professor of environmental physiology and evolution at the University of Manitoba, Canada, said the most striking thing about Yuka is a strawberry-blond hair.
"Mammoth-mammoth previously had darker hair. There was a possibility of mammoth hair a lighter color in 2006 when the scientists analyzed the genes of the bone, "said Campbell.
Daniel Fisher, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Michigan, United States, said there is dramatic evidence of a life and death struggle between Yuka and a top predator. "Even more interesting, there is evidence that early humans might take over the murder of Yuka," said dia.Yuka ivory hunters first discovered in Siberia. The fossil was later taken over by Mammuthus organization, allowing the experts to begin to analyze it.
Intention of raising Mammoth
Campbell has also published a giant elephant hemoglobin genetic code is a few years ago. "It is rare to find specimens that are still incomplete as the discovery of a baby mammoth Lyuba in 2007. Surely this would be a boon for researchers, because it will help them connect the morphological traits that we can see with the genotype (DNA sequence). "Such information could help reveal whether the mammoth had all the same color hair as manusia.In fact, reportedly no intention to revive it through the process of cloning mammoths.
Campbell himself seems to support that goal, saying "maybe we can make important new discoveries in biotechnology."
Bernard Buigues of the scientific organization "Mammuthus" was revealed, "I will not oppose if there be a mammoth that lived in the (a) park of the future."
Tim Walker, producer and director of a show at the BBC told Discovery News that cloning a mammoth can take many tahun.Kemudian, if it happens, if later mammoth that life is not lonely?
"Yes, it's mammoth communal animals," said Walker.
Well, then later Jurassic Park would be true, then?
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