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Cloning mammoth project in Russia

YAKUTSK, Russia - Russian scientist Semyon Grigoriev, acting director of the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum, on Nov. 17, 2011 at the museum in Russia, obtains a sample of bone marrow from a mammoth's femur which was found in permafrost soil in Siberia. Scientists from Japan and Russia have confirmed that the finding of the well-preserved bone marrow increases the chance of cloning the extinct animal.

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Mammoth cloning project in Russia

YAKUTSK, Russia - Russian scientist Semyon Grigoriev, acting director of the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum, shows a cross-section surface of a mammoth's thighbone at the museum in Russia on Nov. 17, 2011. Scientists from Japan and Russia say finding the bone filled with such well-preserved bone marrow in permafrost soil in Siberia increases the chance of cloning the extinct animal.

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Picture of frozen mammoth head shown

NAGOYA, Japan - Russian Republic of Sakha President Vyacheslav Shtyrov shows off a picture of the head of a frozen mammoth believed to have lived 10,000 years ago and discovered in frozen soil 1,200 kilometers north of Yakutsk near the Arctic Ocean in November 2002. The mammoth will be on display at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.

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Picture of frozen mammoth head shown

NAGOYA, Japan - Russian Republic of Sakha President Vyacheslav Shtyrov shows off a picture of the head of a frozen mammoth believed to have lived 10,000 years ago and discovered in frozen soil 1,200 kilometers north of Yakutsk near the Arctic Ocean in November 2002. The mammoth will be on display at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Reporter visits world's coldest place

YAKUTSK, Russia - A Landscape of snow and ice on the outskirts of Oymyakon village in Russia's Sakha Republic in Eastern Siberia. This photo was taken by Tsukasa Arita. (Kyodo)

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Mammoth cloning project in Russia

YAKUTSK, Russia - Russian scientist Semyon Grigoriev, acting director of the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum, shows a cross-section surface of a mammoth's thighbone at the museum in Russia on Nov. 17, 2011. Scientists from Japan and Russia say finding the bone filled with such well-preserved bone marrow in permafrost soil in Siberia increases the chance of cloning the extinct animal. (Kyodo)

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Cloning mammoth project in Russia

YAKUTSK, Russia - Russian scientist Semyon Grigoriev, acting director of the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum, on Nov. 17, 2011 at the museum in Russia, obtains a sample of bone marrow from a mammoth's femur which was found in permafrost soil in Siberia. Scientists from Japan and Russia have confirmed that the finding of the well-preserved bone marrow increases the chance of cloning the extinct animal. (Kyodo)

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Siberian shaman Gabyshev

Alexander Gabyshev, who calls himself a shaman, gives an interview on Oct. 22, 2019, in Yakutsk in the Russian Far East. A YouTube video showing his failed attempt to walk to Moscow claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin needs an exorcism in order for the Russian economy to be turned around has become viral. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Siberian shaman Gabyshev

Alexander Gabyshev, who calls himself a shaman, poses for a photo on Oct. 22, 2019, in Yakutsk in the Russian Far East. A YouTube video showing his failed attempt to walk to Moscow claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin needs an exorcism in order for the Russian economy to be turned around has become viral. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo