Asian Geographic – Special Edition 2017-2018

(Darren Dugan) #1
When the tusk hunters find other mammoth
products, like hair or skeletons, they notify the
palaeontology teams, since there’s no conflict of

interest when it comes to artefacts that aren’t ivory


This mammoth skeleton was
revealed when the permafrost
melted. Unfortunately, for
Korean cloning specialist
Professor Hwang (far right),
no soft tissues remained on
this specimen

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