the Mammoth reached a height of 5.5 meters, and their weight could be 15 tons.
Sometimes it seems that the most interesting discoveries in the study of ancient animals occur everywhere, not only in Russia. However, in fact, far from it — on the territory of our native Siberia scientists from time to time find skeletons of mammoths than other countries can not boast. Often such discoveries are made on the Yamal Peninsula, which is covered with frozen soil and covered with numerous lakes. Recently, residents of the local village Seyakha found on the shores of lake Pashevalava a few large bones and quickly realized that this is the remains of another mammoth. Bones to retain their form, they did not remove them from the water and inquired about the discovery of Russian scientists. Archaeologists arrived on the findings July 22, 2020 and have announced that they have discovered the skeleton of a mammoth was almost one of a kind. But what is its uniqueness?
For the First time about the discovery of a new mammoth bones on the island of Yamal became known, thanks to the "Scientific center of Arctic research". The residents of the village of Seyakha managed to find the skull, ribs and fragments of the foot with the tendons of an ancient animal. Scientists went to the island with the aim to further study the bones and to carry out additional excavations. According to the Director of the Observatory Dmitry Frolov, on the bottom of the lake could be preserved and other fragments of the skeleton of a mammoth. After the arrival of scientists to the place of discovery of the remains of a mammoth found that he was right — in the course of excavations the scientists found many other bones.
the Fragment of the skeleton of a mammoth found on the Yamal Peninsula
According to , in the course of excavations, scientists were able to find more than a dozen rib bones, phalanges and femur. From the soil also acts the part of a huge pelvic bone but, at the time of this writing, scientists have not yet managed to retrieve it. Researchers believe that at a greater depth they will be able to find other fragments of the skeleton. To find them, they will need a boat, special equipment and time — in this case, the rush to anything. It is likely that the local inhabitants managed to find mammoth with a full intact skeleton.
Remaining parts of the skeleton of the mammoth
According to scientists, this finding is surprising and very rare. In most cases, they were able to find only fragments of skeletons, which was very difficult to reveal details about the lives of ancient creatures. A complete skeleton can tell us a lot about the lifestyle of the woolly giants, about their nutrition and interaction with people. It is already known that the remains will be sent to the Museum named after I. S. Shemanovsky — first, scientists will need to determine the age of bones. At the moment we know only that the mammoth died at a young age.
In fact, on the territory of the Yamal Peninsula was discovered many remains of mammoths. One of the first and most well-known skeletons were excavated in 1988 — it belongs to the Yamal baby mammoth named Mary. It is noteworthy that we are not talking about the skeleton, but a full body with preserved fur and soft tissue. The discovery of this body in due time became loud sensation — mammoth visited the exhibitions in Sweden, USA and Japan. Subsequently, the ancient animal was embalmed and is currently kept in the Museum of the Zoological Institute RAS (Saint Petersburg).
baby Mammoth Masha
Also on the Yamal Peninsula was found the body of baby mammoth Lyuba — this event took place in 2007. At the moment, these remains are considered the most well-preserved of all ancient animal lacking only the hooves, a few fragments of tail, right ear and a few scraps of wool. It is believed that the baby mammoth had died about 40 thousand years ago and is well preserved thanks to living in the clay to bacteria. Read more about this sensational discovery, you can learn from the film National Geographic .
Mammoth Lyuba
Mammoths lived side by side with our ancestors. Recently, researchers from the University of Cambridge (England) have discovered that the ancient inhabitants of the current Voronezh region hunted these huge creatures, eat their meat, and with bones built sturdy construction. More information about this opening and about what the Park "Kostenki 11", can be found . Happy reading!
