Location | Bluff that formed right bank of the Yenisei River |
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Region | Taymyr Peninsula |
Type | Mummified remains |
History | |
Periods | 48,000 cal ka BP [1] |
Site notes | |
Discovered | 28 August 2012 [2] |
Archaeologists | Yevgeny Salinder |
The Sopkarga mammoth, alternately spelled Sopkarginsky mammoth, and informally called Zhenya, after the nickname of its discoverer, is a woolly mammoth carcass found in October 2012. It was discovered 3 kilometres (2 mi) [3] away from the Sopkarga polar weather station [4] on the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia. The Moscow News refers to it as the best preserved mammoth find in the past 100 years. [3]
The remains are those of a male, aged 15 to 16 years, [4] who died c. 48,000 years ago. [1] They weigh over 500 kilograms (1,100 lb), comprising the right half of the body including soft tissue, skin and hair, the skull with one ear, a tusk, bones and reproductive organs. [3]
This find is the best-preserved of its kind since another mammoth was unearthed in 1901 near the Beryozovka River in Yakutia. [3] This makes Zhenya the second-best preserved mammoth ever found. [4]
Over the course of a week, the frozen carcass was extracted using steam, axes, and picks. It was then transported by helicopter to Dudinka, the capital of Taymyr, and placed in an ice chamber. [3]
Zhenya's hump appears to be composed of fat, similar to a camel's hump. [3]
The remains were found by 11-year-old Yevgeny Salinder who lives near the station. His nickname is "Zhenya". [3] [4]
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Location | Bluff that formed right bank of the Yenisei River |
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Region | Taymyr Peninsula |
Type | Mummified remains |
History | |
Periods | 48,000 cal ka BP [1] |
Site notes | |
Discovered | 28 August 2012 [2] |
Archaeologists | Yevgeny Salinder |
The Sopkarga mammoth, alternately spelled Sopkarginsky mammoth, and informally called Zhenya, after the nickname of its discoverer, is a woolly mammoth carcass found in October 2012. It was discovered 3 kilometres (2 mi) [3] away from the Sopkarga polar weather station [4] on the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia. The Moscow News refers to it as the best preserved mammoth find in the past 100 years. [3]
The remains are those of a male, aged 15 to 16 years, [4] who died c. 48,000 years ago. [1] They weigh over 500 kilograms (1,100 lb), comprising the right half of the body including soft tissue, skin and hair, the skull with one ear, a tusk, bones and reproductive organs. [3]
This find is the best-preserved of its kind since another mammoth was unearthed in 1901 near the Beryozovka River in Yakutia. [3] This makes Zhenya the second-best preserved mammoth ever found. [4]
Over the course of a week, the frozen carcass was extracted using steam, axes, and picks. It was then transported by helicopter to Dudinka, the capital of Taymyr, and placed in an ice chamber. [3]
Zhenya's hump appears to be composed of fat, similar to a camel's hump. [3]
The remains were found by 11-year-old Yevgeny Salinder who lives near the station. His nickname is "Zhenya". [3] [4]
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link)