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National Geographic ran a series of confident headlines, including 2017 s We Could Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth. Here s How. In 2018, History.com reported, Scientists Say They Could Bring Back Woolly Mammoths Within Two Years. It s more than two years later, and the mammoths have not returned. So how close are we to seeing a species brought back from extinction?
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The short answer: Mammoths are likely as far away as they ve ever been. But global efforts to bring them back continue, fueled by the same fervor that launched efforts over a decade ago. And labs continue to make scientific breakthroughs, from assembling almost the entire mammoth genome to growing hair and fat out of petri dishes.
Astonishingly well-preserved remains of ancient animals, unearthed in the remote Yakutia Region, could help a group of scientists unravel the history of viruses and initiate the development of paleovirology in Russia.
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Scientists are examining prehistoric viruses from the Siberian permafrost in the animal dug. A lab in Russia s Siberia state is beginning study about prehistoric viruses conserved in the remnants of animals discovered in melting permafrost.
Led by the Biotechnology, University of Yakutsk and Vector State Research Centre of Virology, the research will begin by examining tissues from a prehistoric horse from at most 4,500 years ago.
These remnants were found in Yakutia, an area of Siberia, where Paleolithic animals such as mammoths are frequently seen.
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The scientists strive to research other prehistoric animals including rodents, partridges, hares, elk, dogs, the 28,800-year-old Malolyakhovsky woolly mammoth, and more. Several of the remnants are above 50,000 years old. All the animals were discovered because of the thawing.