The Jarkov Mammoth (named for the family who discovered it) is a woolly mammoth[1] that was discovered in 1997 on the Siberian Taymyr Peninsula, by a nine-year-old boy. This particular mammoth is estimated to have lived about 20,000 years ago. It is likely to be male and probably died at age 47.
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1 Discovery
2 Research
3 Cloning
4 See also
5 References
Discovery[edit]
Simion Jarkov was a young Dolgan living in the village of Khatanga, 500 miles (800 km) north of the Arctic Circle. Jarkov was visiting his family approximately 150 miles (240 km) further north in Novorybnoye. While hunting near 73°32'N, 105°49'E,[1] he discovered the curved, 6-foot (1.8 m) tips of the tusks, which his brother reported to the Taymyr Nature Reserve. An attempt was initially made to move the tusks. The director, Yuri Karbuinov, said:
"At first they tried to move the tusks, but I advised them to secure the site because it seemed to be a unique find."[citation needed]
The Nature Reserve did not initially investigate the find, so the Jarkovs contacted a Siberia specialist who would become a well-known mammoth-hunter Bernard Buigues. On 18 October 1999, the 23 tons block of mud and ice was lifted via helicopter to the ice cave in Khatanga.[2]