Mammoth found in northern Siberia

A boy found a mammoth in the permafrost of northern Siberia in Russia. The prof Alexei Tikhonov led excavations here. The mammoth is 16 years old and is a little specimen. The mammoth was killed for humans maybe. The name is Jenya and doesn’t have a left tusk because he fought with others mammoth or with humans maybe.

The mammoths lived in Great Britain and the North America. They disappeared because climate change or humans.

The scientists want to do a “clon” of mammoth but this is very difficult because its DNA has been damaged by low temperatures. If somebody can clone a prehistoric animal, the world to be will have a jurassic park.

link:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/05/well-preserved-mammoth-found-siberia