Cloven Woolly Mammoth: The Prehistoric Beast "Will Wander on Earth in 10 Years"

Scientists working in the The region of Yakutia, Russia, is working to bring the animal back to life after its extinction there are thousands of years during the ice age.

Interim regional leader Aisen Nikolaev said experts from Russia, South Korea and Japan were working together to make this "miracle" happen in a decade.

Speaking at the East Economic Forum (EIF), he said: "Through cooperation with Korean and Japanese scientists, [cloning a mammoth] will occur in the next decade.

"The perspective was no longer fantastic.

"In 2014, a group of my friends and I proposed a project to create an ice age park with mammoths – everyone laughed then. But they are not laughing now.

"Today, technology is evolving at an explosive rate and what yesterday seemed like scientific nonsense today is an absolutely clear prospect for scientists."

The team would already be performing advanced cloning experiments on old horses and old lions.

It is hoped that woolly mammoths can be recreated using frozen cells in remains that have been dug out of Siberian permafrost.

The incredible advance is now possible because the quality of the remains discovered has greatly improved, it was said.

Mr Nikolaev added: "I am confident that with the current rapid development of genetic technologies, we will be able to achieve real results in the near future.

"Of course, it will be a revolution."

It is unclear whether an ice-style park – something reminiscent of Jurassic Park – will be built.

But the area is home to the Pleistocene Park, which seeks to recreate the landscape in which the woolly mammoths lived.