Russian palaeozoologists have discovered 40,000-year-old remains of a young woolly mammoth in Yakutia.
Woolly Mammoth at the Royal BC Museum (Tracy O)
The well-preserved animal’s remains, including soft tissue and fur, were found in a cave near Yukagir village, located in the northernmost region of the Russian Federation’s Republic of Sakha.
The newly found 10-year-old mammoth is estimated to have lived about 40,000 years ago. It weighed 200-250 kg and was 2 m long.
The newly discovered 10-year-old mammoth Yukka (Gennadiy Boieskorov)
The young mammoth, named Yukka, is currently preserved in a warehouse of the Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and will be studied in detail next year.
