Mummified baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner

1630Boston

Mummified baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Klondike
Published 24/06/2022

On June 21, 2022, a near complete, mummified baby woolly mammoth was found in the Klondike gold fields within Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional Territory. Miners working on Eureka Creek uncovered the frozen woolly mammoth while excavating through the permafrost. This is a significant discovery for Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin and the Government of Yukon. Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Elders named the mammoth calf Nun cho ga, meaning “big baby animal” in the Hän language.

The Yukon has a world-renowned fossil record of ice age animals, but mummified remains with skin and hair are rarely unearthed. Nun cho ga is the most complete mummified mammoth found in North America.

This recovery could not have happened without the collaboration between Brian McCaughan of Treadstone Mining, Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin and the Government of Yukon. In the months to come, Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin and the Government of Yukon will work together to respectfully preserve and learn more about Nun cho ga and share these stories and information with the community of Dawson City, residents of the Yukon and the global scientific community.

johnny9434

ya never ever know, fwiw

ricko

WOW!!! What amazing find.... Thanks for that great picture. Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

The baby is female and likely died during the ice age over 30,000 years ago, according to the release. While a partial mammoth calf was found in 1948 in Alaska, Nun cha go is the first near complete and best-preserved mummified woolly mammoth found in North America

SanctionII

I wonder if one or more persons reading the story of the discovery of the preserved wooly mammoth are already thinking about obtaining some of its genetic material and implanting it into a fertilized egg of an elephant in an attempt to go full on Jurassic Park.

Namvet69

I smell a sequel. Great find and thanks for sharing. Peace Roy

ricko

@SanctionII... There has been discussion, in knowledgeable circles, about attempting to 'bring back' the Wooly Mammoth through that method. I do not know if the project has actually been formalized, but the intent was serious. Cheers, RickO

No Headlights

That would be a very large Ribeye!

1630Boston

@ricko said:
@SanctionII... There has been discussion, in knowledgeable circles, about attempting to 'bring back' the Wooly Mammoth through that method. I do not know if the project has actually been formalized, but the intent was serious. Cheers, RickO

Yes @ricko, I heard that last week
.
LOCAL NEWS
Texas company, Harvard scientist hope to combat climate change by reviving the woolly mammoth
boston
BY JACOB WYCOFF

JUNE 6, 2022 / 6:47 PM / CBS BOSTON

CAMBRIDGE -- A Texas company and a Harvard scientist are trying to make science fiction a reality by bringing back a massive, extinct species to roam the earth again.

Decades after Jurassic Park hit bookshelves and movie screens, Texas-based Colossal is working to resurrect -- not dinosaurs -- but woolly mammoths.

"I just fell in love with the idea of the project," said Colossal CEO Ben Lamm.

He is teaming up with renowned Harvard scientist George Church to bring the mammoths back to life.

"I reached out to George Church at Harvard University a little over three and a half years ago," Lamm said. "His passion and his tone changed completely when he started talking about de-extinction and the mammoth."

Lamm said there aren't any scientific barriers to what they're trying to do.

"For the first part, we actually have sequenced genomes from various mammoths' DNA that's been collected over the years," Lamm said. "That process is to really understand the genome and how it relates to its closest phylogenetic relative being the Asian elephant. The Asian elephant is actually 99.6% genetically identical to the woolly mammoth."

All that gene splicing and dicing will be done by something called CRISPR, a revolutionary editing tool for genomes.

more here https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/texas-company-harvard-scientist-climate-change-reviving-woolly-mammoth/

ricko

@1630Boston ... Thanks for the information/link. Looks as if this could actually become reality. Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

@ricko said:
@1630Boston ... Thanks for the information/link. Looks as if this could actually become reality. Cheers, RickO

They are doing it under the guise of stopping climate change.
They have purchased land in Greenland I think and will put the mamouths there

ricko

@1630Boston.... So, mammoth flatulence is not as bad as cow flatulence??? Cheers, RickO

Paradisefound

Thank you for the articles.
That baby Mammoth still looks so adorable.
I couldn’t wait to see a Mammoth clone ☺️

@1630Boston said:

@ricko said:
@1630Boston ... Thanks for the information/link. Looks as if this could actually become reality. Cheers, RickO

They are doing it under the guise of stopping climate change.
They have purchased land in Greenland I think and will put the mamouths there

1630Boston

Colossal Labs reps have argued that resurrecting woolly mammoths is a worthy pursuit because it would help mitigate the ongoing climate crisis rather than worsen it. According to the company and backers of this experiment, woolly mammoths helped prevent climate change long ago by stomping on the ice with their heavy bodies. This broke up the ice into tiny fragments, which then reattached to major Arctic ice packs. That process, according to Colossal, is what kept ice caps from melting in the time of the woolly mammoth.
It’s not uncommon for animals’ behaviors to maintain and benefit the ecosystems they live in in this way. Ants and worms can help improve soil, which is just one more example. But the problem with applying this logic to the plan to resurrect woolly mammoths is that it’s an assumption that’s not rooted in fact or even research. Scientists simply don’t have these data on woolly mammoths because the creatures lived so long ago. It’s just not possible to know if woolly mammoths’ ice-stomping activities could have any effect on climate change.

much more info here https://www.reference.com/science/woolly-mammoth-clone

Namvet69

Good thing I've got a grain shovel for all those mammoth patties!