Scientists discover remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth in Siberia
Russian scientists have uncovered the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth in Siberia, preserved in the permafrost.
The mammoth, named Yana after the nearby river basin where it was found, is the most well-preserved carcass of this extinct species ever discovered.
Weighing over 100 kg and measuring 1.2 meters tall and 2 meters long, Yana is estimated to have been about one year old at the time of its death.
This marks the sixth discovery of mammoth carcasses to date, with five previously found in Russia and one in Canada.
Yana was discovered in the Batagaika Crater, the world’s largest permafrost crater, by local residents living nearby.
"They saw that the mammoth had almost completely thawed out. As a rule, the part that thaws out first, especially the trunk, is often eaten by modern predators or birds," said Maxim Cherpasov to Reuters.
(QG - BBC / Reuters / Picture: © Unsplash)