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Lot 1141

Wooly Mammoth Hair. This large specimen of 20,000-30,000 year old Wooly Mammoth hair comes from the only Mammoth specimen available from about a dozen frozen Mammoth carcasses that have been found in the frozen permafrost of the Indi-girka Basin of Siberia. Hair does not fossilize and therefore is extraordinarily rare in extinct animals and definitely contains much original DNA. Currently, there is an analysis of DNA from Mammoth hair similar to this specimen to get enough DNA to create a Wooly Mammoth by impregnating an African Elephant. 80% of the total Mammoth DNA has been collected. This specimen contains much more hair than usually offered and has premium pieces of the long thick reddish-brown hair that covered the body of the Mammoth. This rare specimen of Mammuthis primigenius hair was part of the collection of Dr. Gennady Baryshnikov of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad, Russia and is housed in a 12 x 8 inch Riker Mount for display.

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Estimated Value $650 - 1,100.

 
Realized $456



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