Mutu wa nkhandwe wazaka 32,000 wotetezedwa bwino kwambiri unapezeka ku Siberian permafrost.

Poganizira mmene mutu wa nkhandwe umatetezedwa, ofufuza akufuna kuchotsa DNA yotheka ndi kuigwiritsa ntchito kutsatizana ndi chibadwa cha nkhandweyo.

Dziko lapansi ndi nkhokwe ya chuma cha zinsinsi ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali yobisika, ndipo chimodzi mwa zochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi kupezeka kwa nyama zakale zomwe zakhala zikudziwika. zosungidwa bwino mu permafrost.

Mutu wa nkhandwe wotetezedwa bwino wazaka 32,000 unapezeka ku Siberian permafrost 1.
Chitsanzo ndi mtembo woyamba (wosawerengeka) wa nkhandwe yachikulire ya Pleistocene steppe wolf - mzera wosowa wosiyana ndi mimbulu yamakono - yomwe idapezekapo. © Dr. Tori Herridge / Kugwiritsa Ntchito Mwachilungamo

Mu 2018, mlenje wina yemwe anali ndi mwayi wofufuza m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Tirekhtyak m'chigawo cha Yakutia ku Siberia, adapeza chinthu chodabwitsa - mutu wa nkhandwe wakale wakale.

Kutulukira kumeneku kumaonedwa kuti n’kothandiza kwambiri chifukwa kumapereka chidziŵitso chimene sichinachitikepo n’kale lonse pa moyo wa nyama zimene zinkakhala zaka masauzande ambiri zapitazo.

Chitsanzochi, chomwe chasungidwa kwa zaka 32,000 ndi permafrost ya m'derali, ndi nyama yokhayo ya nkhandwe yachikulire ya Pleistocene steppe wolf - mzera womwe unatha wosiyana ndi mimbulu yamakono - yomwe idapezekapo.

Kupeza kumeneku, komwe kunafalitsidwa koyamba ndi Siberian Times, kukuyembekezeka kuthandiza akatswiri kumvetsetsa bwino momwe mimbulu ya steppe inasiyanirana ndi zofananira zamakono, komanso chifukwa chomwe mitunduyi idasowa.

Mutu wa nkhandwe wotetezedwa bwino wazaka 32,000 unapezeka ku Siberian permafrost 2.
Uku ndi kupezedwa kwapadera kwa mimbulu yoyamba ya Pleistocene nkhandwe yokulirapo yomwe minofu yake yasungidwa. © NAO Foundation, Cave Lion Research Project, / Naoki Suzuki / Kugwiritsa Ntchito Mwachilungamo

Malinga ndi Marisa Iati wa Washington Post, nkhandwe yomwe idakhudzidwa idakula bwino panthawi yomwe idamwalira, mwina pafupifupi zaka 2 mpaka 4. Ngakhale zithunzi za mutu wodulidwawo, wodzitamandirabe ndi ubweya, manyowa, ndi mphuno yosungidwa bwino, imayika kukula kwake kwa mainchesi 15.7 utali - mutu wamakono wa nkhandwe yotuwa, poyerekeza, ndi mainchesi 9.1 mpaka 11.

Love Dalén, katswiri wokhulupirira za chisinthiko wa ku Swedish Museum of Natural History yemwe anali kujambula kanema ku Siberia pamene mlenje wa minyanga anafika pamalowo ali ndi mutu m’mwamba, akunena kuti malipoti oulutsira nkhani osonyeza kuti anapeza kuti “nkhandwe wamkulu” sali olondola.

Malinga ndi Dalén, si wamkulu kwambiri kuposa nkhandwe yamakono ngati mungachepetse chisanu chowuma cha permafrost chomwe chimamatira pomwe khosi likanakhala.

Malinga ndi CNN, gulu la ku Russia lotsogoleredwa ndi Albert Protopopov wa Republic of Sakha's Academy of Sciences akukonzekera kumanga chitsanzo cha digito cha ubongo wa nyama ndi mkati mwa chigaza chake.

Chifukwa cha kusungidwa kwa mutuwo, iye ndi anzake ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti akhoza kuchotsa zotheka DNA ndi kuigwiritsa ntchito kutsata chibadwa cha nkhandwe molingana ndi David Stanton, wofufuza pa Swedish Museum of Natural History yemwe akuwongolera kuyesa kwa chibadwa kwa mafupa. Pakadali pano, sizikudziwika kuti mutu wa Nkhandwe unasiyanitsidwa bwanji ndi thupi lake lonse.

Tori Herridge, katswiri wa zamoyo wa ku London’s Natural History Museum yemwe anali m’gulu la gulu lojambula filimu ku Siberia panthawi yomwe anapeza, ananena kuti mnzake Dan Fisher wa pa yunivesite ya Michigan, akuganiza kuti jambulani mutu wa nyamayo ungasonyeze umboni wa filimuyo. ikudulidwa mwadala ndi anthu - mwina "nthawi yomweyo ndi mimbulu kufa."

Ngati ndi choncho, Herridge ananena kuti zimene apezazo zingapereke “chitsanzo chapadera cha mmene anthu amachitira zinthu ndi nyama zolusa.” Komabe, akumaliza mu positi pa Twitter, "Ndikusunga chiweruzo mpaka kufufuza kwina kuchitike."

Dalén akubwerezanso kukayikira kwa Herridge, ponena kuti “sanaone umboni wotsimikizira” kuti anthu amadula mutu. Kupatula apo, si zachilendo kupeza mabwinja ang'onoang'ono ku Siberian permafrost.

Mwachitsanzo, ngati nyama inakwiriridwa pang’ono chabe kenako n’kuundana, thupi lonse likanawola kapena kudyedwa ndi anthu otaya zinthu. Mwinanso, kusinthasintha kwa chisanu kwa zaka masauzande ambiri kukanachititsa kuti thupi liphwanyike kukhala zidutswa zingapo.

Malinga ndi kunena kwa Stanton, nkhandwe za ku steppe “mwina zinali zazikulu pang’ono ndi zamphamvu kwambiri kuposa mimbulu yamakono.” Nyamazo zinali ndi nsagwada yamphamvu, yotakata yokonzekera kusaka nyama zazikulu monga mammoths ndi zipembere, ndipo monga momwe Stanton amauzira USA Today N'dea Yancey-Bragg, inatha pakati pa zaka 20,000 mpaka 30,000 zapitazo, kapena pafupifupi nthaŵi imene mimbulu yamakono inayamba. adafika pamalopo.

Mutu wa nkhandwe wotetezedwa bwino wazaka 32,000 unapezeka ku Siberian permafrost 3.
CT scan ya mutu wa nkhandwe. Zithunzi © Albert Protopopov / NAO Foundation, Cave Lion Research Project, / Naoki Suzuki / Kugwiritsa Ntchito Mwachilungamo

Ngati ofufuzawo achita bwino kuchotsa DNA kuchokera kumutu wa nkhandwe, ayesa kugwiritsa ntchito kuti adziwe ngati mimbulu yakale imagwirizana ndi zomwe zilipo panopa, momwe zamoyo zakalezo zinalili, komanso ngati mzerewo unali - kapena unalibe - kusintha kwa majini komwe kunathandizira. mpaka kutha kwake.

Mpaka pano, Siberia permafrost yatulutsa zolengedwa zosungidwa bwino zakale: mwa zina, a. Mwana wa 42,000 wazaka zakubadwa, mkango wa mphanga, “mbalame yokongola ya ayezi yokhala ndi nthenga,” monga momwe Herridge akunenera, ndipo “ngakhale njenjete ya Ice Age.”

Malinga ndi a Dalén, zomwe apezazi zingachitikire makamaka chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa kusaka nyanga zazikuluzikulu komanso kusungunuka kwa madzi oundana chifukwa cha kutentha kwa dziko.

Stanton anamaliza kuti: “Kutentha kwanyengo . . . kumatanthauza kuti zambiri mwa zitsanzo zimenezi zidzapezeka m’tsogolomu.” Panthawi imodzimodziyo, akunena kuti, "N'zothekanso kuti ambiri a iwo adzasungunuka ndi kuwola (ndipo motero adzatayika) aliyense asanawapeze ... ndi kuwaphunzira."

Mfundo yakuti kutulukira kumeneku kunapangidwa ndi mlenje wamkulu wamnyanga amangowonjezera chiwembu. Ndi nthawi yosangalatsa kwa akatswiri a mbiri yakale komanso akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale mofanana, pamene zofukulidwa zambiri zimakankhira malire a kumvetsa kwathu zakale. Tikuyembekezera kuona zinthu zina zodabwitsa zomwe zidzatulukidwe mtsogolo!