Ib tug zoo kawg nkaus khaws cia 32,000-xyoo-laus hma taub hau tau pom nyob rau hauv Siberian permafrost

Muab qhov zoo ntawm kev khaws cia ntawm hma lub taub hau, cov kws tshawb fawb tsom kom rho tawm DNA siv tau thiab siv nws los ua raws li tus hma lub genome.

Lub ntiaj teb yog ib qho khoom muaj nqis ntawm kev zais thiab zais lub pov haum, thiab ib qho ntawm qhov txaus nyiam tshaj plaws yog qhov kev tshawb pom ntawm cov tsiaj thaum ub. khaws cia zoo kawg nkaus hauv permafrost.

Ib tug zoo kawg nkaus khaws cia 32,000-xyoo-laus hma taub hau tau pom nyob rau hauv Siberian permafrost 1
Cov qauv yog thawj (ib nrab) carcass ntawm ib tug neeg laus Pleistocene steppe hma - ib qho kab mob uas ploj lawm txawv ntawm cov hma niaj hnub - puas tau pom. © Dr. Tori Herridge / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Hauv xyoo 2018, tus neeg yos hav zoov muaj hmoo mammoth tusk yos hav zoov tshawb txog shores ntawm Tirekhtyak River hauv Siberia thaj av Yakutia tau pom ib yam dab tsi zoo kawg - lub taub hau ntawm tus hma ua ntej keeb kwm.

Qhov kev tshawb pom tau suav tias yog qhov kev tshawb pom tseem ceeb vim nws muab qhov kev pom tsis tau pom dua rau hauv lub neej ntawm cov tsiaj uas nyob ntau txhiab xyoo dhau los.

Cov qauv, uas tau khaws cia rau 32,000 xyoo los ntawm thaj av permafrost, tsuas yog ib feem ntawm lub cev ntawm tus neeg laus Pleistocene steppe hma - cov kab uas ploj lawm cais los ntawm cov hma niaj hnub no - puas tau pom.

Qhov kev tshawb pom, thawj zaug luam tawm los ntawm Siberian Times, xav tias yuav pab cov kws tshaj lij hauv kev nkag siab zoo dua li cas steppe hma txawv ntawm qhov sib npaug niaj hnub, nrog rau vim li cas hom tsiaj tau ploj mus.

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Qhov no yog qhov kev tshawb pom tshwj xeeb ntawm thawj zaug uas tseem tshuav ntawm Pleistocene hma loj hlob nrog nws cov ntaub so ntswg khaws cia. © NAO Foundation, Cave Lion Research Project, / Naoki Suzuki / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Raws li Marisa Iati ntawm Washington Post, hma nyob rau hauv qhov teeb meem tau tsim tag nrho thaum lub sij hawm nws tuag, tej zaum nyob ib ncig ntawm 2 mus rau 4 xyoo. Txawm hais tias cov duab ntawm lub taub hau raug tshem tawm, tseem tab tom khav ntawm cov plaub hau, kiv taub hau, thiab cov snout zoo khaws cia, tso nws qhov loj ntawm 15.7 ntiv tes ntev - cov hma grey niaj hnub lub taub hau, hauv kev sib piv, ntsuas 9.1 txog 11 ntiv tes.

Hlub Dalén, tus kws tshuaj ntsuam evolutionary ntawm Swedish Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Natural History uas tau ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv Siberia thaum tus neeg yos hav zoov tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw nrog lub taub hau, hais tias xov xwm tshaj tawm tshaj tawm qhov pom tias "hma loj" yog qhov tsis raug.

Raws li Dalén, nws tsis yog qhov loj dua li tus hma niaj hnub no yog tias koj txo cov pob khov ntawm permafrost daig rau qhov twg lub caj dab yuav ib txwm nyob.

Raws li CNN, ib pab neeg Lavxias coj los ntawm Albert Protopopov ntawm Republic of Sakha's Academy of Sciences tab tom npaj los tsim cov qauv digital ntawm tus tsiaj lub hlwb thiab sab hauv ntawm nws pob txha taub hau.

Muab lub xeev khaws cia ntawm lub taub hau, nws thiab nws cov npoj yaig tau cia siab tias lawv tuaj yeem rho tawm siv tau DNA thiab siv nws los ua raws li tus hma lub genome raws li David Stanton, tus kws tshawb fawb ntawm Swedish Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Natural History uas yog tus coj kev kuaj caj ces ntawm cov pob txha. Txog lub sijhawm tam sim no, nws tsis paub yuav ua li cas tus hma lub taub hau tau raug cais tawm ntawm nws lub cev.

Tori Herridge, tus kws paub txog biologist ntawm London's Natural History Tsev khaws puav pheej uas yog ib feem ntawm pab pawg ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv Siberia thaum lub sijhawm tshawb pom, hais tias ib tug npoj yaig, Dan Fisher ntawm University of Michigan, xav tias scans ntawm tus tsiaj lub taub hau tuaj yeem nthuav qhia cov pov thawj ntawm nws tau txhob txwm txiav los ntawm tib neeg - tej zaum "tam sim no nrog tus hma tuag."

Yog tias muaj, Herridge sau tseg, qhov kev tshawb pom yuav muab "ib qho piv txwv tshwj xeeb ntawm tib neeg kev cuam tshuam nrog cov tsiaj txhu." Txawm li cas los xij, nws xaus lus hauv kev tshaj tawm hauv Twitter, "Kuv tabtom txiav txim siab kom txog thaum kev tshawb nrhiav ntxiv lawm."

Dalén echoes Herridge qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, hais tias nws tau "pom tsis muaj pov thawj ntseeg" nws tias tib neeg txiav lub taub hau. Tom qab tag nrho, nws tsis yog ib qho yooj yim mus nrhiav ib feem ntawm cov seem nyob rau hauv Siberian permafrost.

Piv txwv li, yog hais tias ib tug tsiaj tsuas yog faus ib nrab thiab tom qab ntawd khov, cov seem ntawm nws lub cev tuaj yeem rotted los yog tau noj los ntawm scavengers. Xwb, kev hloov pauv hauv permafrost ntau txhiab xyoo tuaj yeem ua rau lub cev tawg mus rau ntau daim.

Raws li Stanton, steppe hma yog "tej zaum me ntsis loj dua thiab muaj zog dua li hma niaj hnub no." Cov tsiaj muaj lub puab tsaig uas muaj zog, dav dav rau kev yos hav zoov loj xws li woolly mammoths thiab rhinos, thiab raws li Stanton qhia rau Tebchaws Meskas Niaj hnub no N'dea Yancey-Bragg, tau ploj mus ntawm 20,000 txog 30,000 xyoo dhau los, lossis kwv yees li lub sijhawm uas niaj hnub hma thawj zaug. tuaj txog ntawm qhov chaw.

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CT scan ntawm hma lub taub hau. Duab © Albert Protopopov / NAO Foundation, Cave Lion Research Project, / Naoki Suzuki / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Yog tias cov kws tshawb fawb tau ua tiav hauv kev rho tawm DNA los ntawm hma lub taub hau, lawv yuav sim siv nws los txiav txim siab seb hma thaum ub tau sib raug zoo nrog cov neeg tam sim no, yuav ua li cas inbred hom yav dhau los, thiab seb cov caj ces muaj - lossis tsis muaj - txhua yam kev hloov pauv caj ces uas tau pab. rau nws extinction.

Txog niaj hnub no, Siberian permafrost tau tawm los ntawm cov khoom khaws cia zoo prehistoric: ntawm lwm tus, 42,000-xyoo-laus foal, Ib lub qhov tsua tsov ntxhuav, ib qho "cov noog uas muaj dej khov ua tiav nrog cov plaub," raws li Herridge sau tseg, thiab "txawm tias lub hnub nyoog Ice Age npauj."

Raws li Dalén, cov kev tshawb pom no tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev nce siab hauv kev yos hav zoov mammoth thiab nce melting ntawm permafrost txuas nrog lub ntiaj teb sov.

Stanton xaus lus, "Qhov huab cua sov ... txhais tau hais tias ntau thiab ntau dua ntawm cov qauv no yuav raug pom yav tom ntej." Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, nws taw qhia tias, "Nws kuj tseem yuav muaj ntau ntawm lawv yuav thaw tawm thiab decompose (thiab yog li ntawd ploj) ua ntej leej twg tuaj yeem nrhiav ... thiab kawm lawv."

Qhov tseeb tias qhov kev tshawb pom no tau tsim los ntawm tus neeg yos hav zoov mammoth tsuas yog ntxiv rau qhov kev xav. Nws yog lub sijhawm zoo siab rau paleontologists thiab archaeologists ib yam nkaus, vim tias ntau thiab ntau qhov kev tshawb pom tau ua rau thawb cov ciam teb ntawm peb txoj kev nkag siab yav dhau los. Peb tos ntsoov yuav pom dab tsi lwm yam amazing discoveries tau ua nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej!