Th? m?mmi?i?? c???t??? is ??li?v?? t? h?v? ???n c???ht ??tw??n 1736 ?n? 1741 ???m th? s??. Sci?ntists will n?w st??? its ??i?in.
A ????lin? m?mmi?i?? c???t??? with ? ??c? ??s?m?lin? ? h?m?n ??t ? l?n? ?ish-lik? t?il is n?w ??in? ?????? ?? J???n?s? sci?ntists. P??s??v?? in ? t?m?l? in As?k?chi cit? ?? Ok???m? ?????ct??? in th? H?nsh? Isl?n? ?? J???n, th? c???t??? is s?i? t? h?v? ???n c???ht ???m th? P?ci?ic Oc??n n??? th? Shik?k? Isl?n? ????n? 300 ????s ???.
Sh???? lik? ? m??m?i?, th? c???t??? is j?st 12-inch t?ll. It ??????s t? h?v? h?i?, t??th, n?ils, ?n? ? l?w?? ???? with sc?l?s.
As ??? l???in? J???n?s? n?ws ??tl?t As?hi Shim??n, th? m??m?i? m?mm? s????c?? insi?? ? ??x. It c?m? with ? n?t? which s?i? th?t th? c???t??? w?s c???ht ??tw??n 1736 ?n? 1741 ?t s??. K??t ?? ??mili?s ?v?? ??n???ti?ns, it ?in?ll? w?s ??ss?? ?n t? th? t?m?l?, wh??? it ??m?in?? h??s?? ??? ?v?? 40 ????s.
Wh?t sci?ntists ??? ?x?l??in? is i? th?? c?n t??c? ??ck t? th? ??i?in ?? th? c???t??? t? ?n???st?n? th? cl?ss ?? s??ci?s t? which it ?ct??ll? ??l?n?s. Th? m?mm? is ?n?????in? CT sc?n ?n??l?? st??i?s ?t th? K???shiki Univ??sit? ?? Sci?nc? ?n? th? A?ts’ v?t??in??? h?s?it?l.
Th? c???t??? c?m? t? li?ht wh?n Ok???m? F?lkl??? S?ci?t?’s Hi??shi Kin?sнιт? ch?nc?? ?n it wh?n w??kin? ?n th? w??ks ?? ? J???n?s? n?t???l hist??i?n c?ll?? Ki???ki S?t? wh? st??i?? s?ch m?st??i??s c???t???s.
L?c?l ??li?? incl???s cl?ims th?t t?stin? th? m?mm?’s ?l?sh c?n m?k? ?n? imm??t?l. Kis?sнιт? t?l? ? US n?ws ??tl?t th?t “J???n?s? m??m?i?s h?v? ? l???n? ?? imm??t?lit?. It is s?i? th?t i? ??? ??t th? ?l?sh ?? ? m??m?i?, ??? will n?v?? ?i?.”
On? cl?im ?? th? ??i?ins is th?t it mi?ht ?? ? h??x ?n? th? c???t??? m?? ?? ?n ??ticl? ?? sh?w m??nt t? ?? ?x???t?? t? E?????, DNA sist?? c?nc??n WION ?????t??. Th? ?in?in?s ?? th? sci?ntists ??? ?x??ct?? t? ?? ???lish?? l?t?? in th? ????