В пеще́ре Денисо́ва нашли́ останки́ неизве́стного родича́ яка́
Ancient DNA from bones found in Siberia’s Denisova Cave revealed an extinct relative of the yak. The animal, which lived during the Ice Age, is provisionally called “yak X.”
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В пеще́ре Денисо́ва нашли́ останки́ неизве́стного родича́ яка́
В пеще́ре Денисо́ва на Алта́е нашли́ кро́шечные фрагме́нты ко́стей. Учёные изучи́ли их ДНК и узна́ли: о́ни принадлежа́ли неизве́стному роди́чу яка́. Живо́тное жило́ в Сиби́ри во вре́мя леднико́вого пери́ода. Учёные пока́ называ́ют его́ «як X».
Иссле́дователи изучи́ли 20 фрагме́нтов из пеще́ры и дру́гих мест в регио́не. Их во́зраст — от 200 ты́сяч лет и бо́лее. Кости́ бы́ло тру́дно узна́ть по ви́ду, поэ́тому учёные изучи́ли дре́внюю ДНК. Пеще́ра Денисо́ва уже́ изве́стна находка́ми останко́в дени́совцев — дре́вних люде́й. Но но́вые да́нные расска́зывают и о живо́тных, кото́рые жили́ там ты́сячи лет наза́д.
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Denisova Cave Yields Remains of an Unknown Yak Relative
Researchers found tiny bone fragments in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains. They studied the DNA and learned that the bones belonged to an unknown relative of the yak. The animal lived in Siberia during the Ice Age. Scientists call it “yak X” for now.
Researchers studied 20 fragments from the cave and other places in the region. They are more than 200,000 years old. It was hard to identify the bones by their appearance, so the scientists studied ancient DNA. Denisova Cave is already known for finds of Denisovans, ancient humans. But the new evidence also tells us about animals that lived there thousands of years ago.
Key Vocabulary
| Russian | Part of speech | English |
|---|---|---|
| пеще́ра | noun | cave |
| фрагме́нт | noun | fragment |
| кость | noun | bone |
| роди́ч | noun | relative |
| леднико́вый пери́од | noun phrase | Ice Age |
| изучи́ть | verb | to study |
| дре́вний | adjective | ancient |
| узнава́ть | verb | to recognize; to identify |
Sources
- Reuters, via Internazionale: Famous Siberian cave yields remains of yak-like Ice Age mammal
- Current Biology, indexed by PubMed: Ancient genomes reveal an extinct bovine species from mid-latitude Asia
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