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Mitch Zhermonpre: "Belgium is interested in cooperation with NEFU"

  • 15 August 2014
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Mitch Zhermonpre: "Belgium is interested in cooperation with NEFU"

Scientists of Yakutia have found the remains of ancient dog, lived about 12,000 years ago. Belgian paleontologist Mitch Zhermonpre (Mietje Germonpre) expressed readiness of the Belgian Institute together with NEFU to start research project not only "tumatskaya dog", but wolf predators of Yakutia.

"During the studies of fossil dogs, as well as measurements of new exhibits - skulls of ancient dogs and wolves from the collection of NEFU Mammoth Museum, I can say that the discovery is unique and we are ready to launch a joint project on study of wolf predators of Yakutia", said Mitch Zhermonpre, paleontologist from the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences (Belgium), expert on ancient dogs and wolf predators.

NEFU Research Institute of Applied Ecology of the North started to work with the Belgian Institute on the project "tumatskaya dog". Mummified carcass was found frozen into the lode ice of bold cutbank of the Middle Syalaah River in Ust-Yansky region of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). "According to the number of morphological characters, presumably the remains belong to young of early form dog that was later confirmed by DNA analysis of Centre GeoGenetic laboratory (Copenhagen, Denmark). Besides them, the project of studying the "black dog of Tumat" involved well-known experts from the University of Albert (Canada), University of Tübingen (Germany)", shared Sergey Fedorov, Head of the laboratory of NEFU RIAEN Mammoth Museum.

According to the results of the analyses held by the University of Groningen, the approximate geological age is 12 thousand years.

It should be pointed out that the scientist from Belgium Mitch Zhermonpre was in Yakutia from 4 to 10 August at the invitation of the Museum of Mammoth of NEFU Research Institute of Applied Ecology of the North.

Author: Anna FEDOROVA, NEFU Newsroom

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