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M. Hawbaker
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September 11, 2012, 11:58 am
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MOSCOW — A Russian university says scientists have discovered frozen woolly mammoth fragments that may contain living cells deep in Siberia, bringing closer the possibility of cloning the extinct animal.
The North-East Federal University said in a statement Tuesday that an international team had discovered mammoth hair, soft tissues and bone marrow at a depth of 328 feet (100 meters) during a summer expedition.
Expedition chief Semyon Grigoryev said a group of Korean scientists with the team had set a goal of finding living cells in the hope of cloning a mammoth. Scientists have previously found bodies and fragments, but not living cells.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20120911/EU.Russia.Mammoth.Cells/
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