Hong Kong (CNN) Even in retirement, 90-year-old Akira Iritani still dreamed of resurrecting the prehistoric woolly mammoth. After decades of trying, the Japanese biologist admits he almost gave up. But when he heard about a well-preserved specimen embedded in the Siberian permafrost in 2012, he knew he had to investigate. Turns out the 28,000-year-old baby mammoth, dubbed "Yuka", was just what Iritani wanted. In a groundbreaking experiment, his research team successfully revived Yuka's ancient cells, journal Scientific Reports revealed this month.

Source: CNN March 18, 2019 05:37 UTC