Resurrected mammoth blood very cool

A team of international researchers has brought the primary component of mammoth blood back to life using ancient DNA preserved in bones from Siberian specimens 25,000 to 43,000 years old.

Studies of recreated mammoth haemoglobin, published in Nature Genetics, reveal special evolutionary adaptations that allowed the mammoth to cool its extremities down in harsh Arctic conditions to minimise heat loss.

Professor Alan Cooper, Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide, where the mammoth haemoglobin sequences were determined says ″This is true palaeobiology, as we can study and measure how these animals functioned as if they were alive today″.


Want to know if will be possible to resurrect the whole mammoth? See what Alan Cooper has to say about bringing back more than just protein.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TawN0R7_Y4E

For more information about the Environment Institute and the work being done by Alan Cooper visit http://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/

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