42,000-year-old prehistoric horse found with liquid blood in Siberia. Scientists extracted actual liquid blood from a prehistoric horse found in the Batagaika crater This constitutes the oldest liquid blood ever recorded, with the horse estimated at 42,000 years old The horse was identified as a Lena horse (Equus caballus lenensis), only 1-2 weeks old at death

🐎 LIQUID BLOOD was extracted from a 42,000-year-old horse in Siberia—the oldest ever recorded. The Lena horse was only 1-2 weeks old when it died. Hairs, tissues, and traces of urine were preserved.

Key Facts

  • Scientists extracted actual liquid blood from a prehistoric horse found in the Batagaika crater
  • This constitutes the oldest liquid blood ever recorded, with the horse estimated at 42,000 years old
  • The horse was identified as a Lena horse (Equus caballus lenensis), only 1-2 weeks old at death
  • It likely drowned in soft mud which then froze rapidly
  • Individual hairs, delicate tissues, and even traces of urine in the bladder were preserved
  • Researchers are attempting to extract viable DNA for potential cloning using ancient genetic material
  • Scientists have struggled to recover usable genetic sequences despite months of effort due to DNA degradation