The remains of a mammoth known as Zhenya arrived in St. Petersburg Monday from the Krasnoyarsk region for study and conservation, Interfax reports. The study of the animal’s remains will be performed by 15 scientists from Russia and abroad at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The remains of the mammoth were found by 11-year-old Yevgeny Salinder during a walk in the Taimyr area of the Krasnoyarsk region during the fall of last year. So far, the scientists have established that the mammoth was between 15 and 16 years old when it died.
Scientists say there has not been such an important find of this kind since 1901, Interfax reported. The mammoth was named Zhenya in honor of the boy who made the discovery
Source: St.Petersburg Times