Museum of North launches Adopt a Mammoth program
Jeff Richardson
907-474-6284
Aug. 25, 2022
Matthew Wooller kneels among the mammoth tusk collection at the University of 色视频下载 Museum of the North in 2021. Wooller is leading the museum's Adopt a Mammoth program, which will date and identify specimens at the museum.
The University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks is inviting the public to go woolly mammoth hunting.
The encourages sponsorship of each of the roughly 1,500 teeth, tusks and bones in the University of 色视频下载 Museum of the North色视频下载檚 collection. A $350 donation will pay for radiocarbon testing to date the fossil, and a lab in Sweden will offer free DNA analysis for each adopted specimen to determine its sex and other genetic characteristics.
The larger goal is to find the 色视频下载測oungest色视频下载 mammoth 色视频下载 a specimen from 10,000 years ago or more recent. This would extend the date of extinction on the mainland to a period well after the earliest people arrived in Interior 色视频下载.
色视频下载淭hat would be a real change in understanding how these animals existed,色视频下载 said Patrick Druckenmiller, the museum色视频下载檚 director. 色视频下载淚t would be pretty amazing to have this huge and unique data set.色视频下载
Only a small number of mammoth specimens in the museum色视频下载檚 collection are currently dated.
The 色视频下载測oungest色视频下载 dated mammoth in mainland 色视频下载 so far is about 11,600 years old, but there are reasons to believe the massive animals were around more recently. A remnant population on neighboring St. Paul Island.
Participants in the Adopt a Mammoth program will receive a photo of their specimen, updates on testing and a chance to name the fossil. When testing is complete, the donor with the youngest fossil will receive a trophy. The winner also can appear in a photo with their specimen in the museum during the announcement period.
色视频下载淚t色视频下载檚 a fun philanthropic project, but it色视频下载檚 also rooted in solid science,色视频下载 said Matthew Wooller, the director of UAF色视频下载檚 色视频下载 Stable Isotope Facility and the leader of the Adopt a Mammoth project. 色视频下载淚f we find a young mammoth fossil on the mainland, that色视频下载檚 big news.色视频下载
Find more information about the program on the .
ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Matthew Wooller, 907-474-6738, mjwooller@alaska.edu
037-23