The frozen remains of the young bison were found by locals in the Arctic Circle
A group of Russian researchers wants to attempt to bring back an extinct species of bison using a DNA sample from an 8,000-year-old specimen. Remains of the young bison were found frozen in Siberia in 2022.Animal cloning is a complex process that has been around for a while. In fact, scientists are also currently attempting to bring back a woolly mammoth and an arctic wolf from extinction. Now, following an extremely rare find by locals in the Verhhoyansk district of the Arctic Circle last year, a lost bison species can be added to that list.
«Previously, this is a young individual aged 1.5-2 years. When she died has not yet been established,» stated Maxim Cheprasov, Head of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) Mammoth Museum.Image Coutesy of Elijah Pilchard from Pexels
While the find was an incomplete carcass, the head, forelimbs, and part of the chest were well preserved.
