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May. 01, 2009
Studying a Baby Mammoth
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| Just under two years ago, reindeer herders in Siberia discovered the well-preserved remains of a baby woolly mammoth frozen on an Arctic riverbank. Researchers have spent the time since studying the incredibly well-preserved 40,000-year-old baby mammoth, intact except for toenails, part of her tail and right ear and most of her hair. Ira talks with paleontologist Daniel Fisher about his studies of the frozen mammoth, profiled in the current issue of National Geographic. |
Produced by Shelley DuBois
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Daniel Fisher
Professor, Geological Sciences
Curator, Museum of Paleontology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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