Still Waters Posted February 25, 2015 #1 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The discovery of the baby woolly rhinoceros preserved in permafrost was described as 'sensational' by local palaeontologists in Russia's largest region. Experts hope to be able to extract DNA from remains of the extinct creature which was today being handed over to scientists from the Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia. http://siberiantimes...y-woolly-rhino/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted March 11, 2015 #2 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The remains of a baby woolly rhino that roamed the Earth at least 10,000 years ago have been discovered in a frozen riverbank in Siberia, researchers said. The rhino calf, nicknamed "Sasha" after the hunter and businessman who found it, is the only complete young specimen of the extinct species ever found, according to scientists at the Yakutian Academy of Sciences in Russia, to whom the creature was donated for study. The researchers hope to extract DNA from the specimen to determine its placement on the mammal family tree. [See photos of Sasha, the baby woolly rhino] "The newly found [calf] is about 1.5 meters long [4.9 feet] and 0.8 meters high [2.6 feet]," said study researcher Albert Protopopov, head of the mammoth fauna studies department of the Yakutian Academy of Sciences in Russia, as translated by Olga Potapova, the collections curator and manager at the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota. By contrast, adults of this species could reach up to 15 feet (4.5 m) long and 6 feet (1.9 m) high at the shoulders, Protopopov said. Read more here: http://www.livescien...bpr=30478646760 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomalocaris Posted September 8, 2015 #3 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Sasha, the world's only baby woolly rhino, is 34,000 years old, say scientists Scientists knew that Sasha - estimated age one-and-a-half years - was at least 10,000 years old, because this is when the woolly rhinoceros died out. In fact, tests have discovered that this unique specimen is 24,000 years older, living in the 'Karginsk interglacial period' when temperatures were much warmer than in the modern day Yakutia - or Sakha Republic - where the remains were discovered. This is the first-ever infant woolly rhinoceros found, and Russian scientists are sharing the research of Sasha with leading experts from around the world. For example, DNA analysis is to be undertaken at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The aim is to sequence the extinct creature's DNA, to compare it with the modern rhinoceros and understand its evolution. Read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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