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Source IT WAS FROZEN FOR 9,000 YEARS. NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO CLONE HIM It is an extinct bison of an unknown species, found between the Verjoyansk Range and the Cherski Mountains, of the Russian Steppes. The finding included the head, anterior limbs and part of the chest. Later in 2022, its discoverer donated it to the Mammoth Museum of the Northeastern Federal University (NEFU), based in Yakutsk, an institution that houses one of the world’s largest collections of Pleistocene and Holocene fauna. Preliminary investigations confirmed that the specimen had been buried in the permafrost for 9,000 years and coincided with the age of other bison found in 2009 and 2010. It was determined to be a young man between 1.5 and 2 years old. The specimen provides genetic material for in-depth study. The attempt to revive the extinct in the laboratory During the necropsy samples of muscle tissue, skin, wool and brain were extracted. Each of those samples can contain DNA sequences, which could be very…

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