Baby mammoth reveals ancient secrets

Prehistoric animal's genetic map could be decoded within two years

By Dmitry Solovyov
Reuters
10 April, 2008

MOSCOW - Russian scientists say they have obtained the most detailed pictures so far of the insides of a prehistoric animal, with the help of a baby mammoth called Lyuba found immaculately preserved in the Russian Arctic.

The mammoth is named after the wife of the hunter who found her last year. The body was shipped back to Russia in February from Japan, where it was studied using computer tomography in a process similar to one doctors use to scan patients.

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I love woolly mammoths so much more than dinosaurs. Maybe I am partial to mammals. I like dolphins better than sharks too.