A 42,000-Year-Old Foal Entombed in Ice Still Had Liquid Blood in Its Veins.

Scientists have found liquid blood inside the corpse of a 42,000-year-old foal in the Siberian permafrost – boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.

It’s believed to be the ‘oldest blood in the world’.

With two species, Dinoornis robustus and Dinoornis novaezelandiae, able to reach a minimum height of 3.6 meters (or 12 feet) when spread out, they were among the largest birds in the world.

The foal was found to be in remarkable condition with no evident harm by a team of specialists from Yakutian University and the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in South Korea.

Dr Grigoryev spoke with Russian news agency Tass in an interview: “The autopsy shows beautifully preserved internal organs.

“Samples of liquid blood were taken from heart vessels – it was preserved in the liquid state for 42,000 years thanks to favourable burial conditions and permafrost.

“The muscle tissues preserved in their natural reddish colour.”

The fact that the foal’s hair was still on its head, legs, and other parts of its body made the findings’very uncommon,’ according to the specialist.

“Having preserved hair is another scientific sensation as all previous ancient horses were found without hair,” he stated.

The study showed that the foal, found in the Batagai depression in Yakutia, was about one to two weeks old at the moment of death, said one scientist. It’s predicted that the foal could have been drowned in mud which froze and turned into permafrost. he Siberian Times said that scientists have expressed “confidence of success” in their ability to remove cells from the foal in order to clone its species—the extinct Lenskaya breed—back to life.

The team was reportedly choosing a ‘mother’ to give birth to the comeback species. Starting in June 2020 and running through September 2020, The Mammoth exhibition in Japan will feature the foal and over thirty exhibits from Yakutia.

Dr Gregoryev said: “For the first time we’ll show the world’s only frozen woolly mammoth trunk, as well as the carcass of the Yukagir bison, an ancient partridge and the Batagai horse.”