CNN —Russian scientists presented the carcass of a baby mammoth, whose incredibly well-preserved remains were found in the Siberian region of Yakutia in June after more than 50,000 years.
The carcass of the female juvenile mammoth, nicknamed Yana, was discovered by local residents after a permafrost crater expanded, according to Russian state media outlet TASS.
According to Cheprasov, the baby mammoth was about one-year-old when it died and weighed around 397 pounds [180 kilograms].
Researchers Gavril Novgorodov and Erel Struchkov pose for a picture next to the carcass of a baby mammoth, which is estimated to be over 50,000 years old.
Gavril Novgorodov/ReutersBefore this baby mammoth was discovered, a total of six complete mammoth skeletons have been found in the world, five in Russia and one in Canada, according to Cheprasov.
Persons:
Yana, ” Maksim Cheprasov, Cheprasov, “, ” Cheprasov, Gavril Novgorodov, Erel, ”, Anatoly Nikolaev, CNN’s Svitlana Vlasova
Organizations:
CNN, Mammoth Museum, Eastern Federal University, TASS, Reuters
Locations:
Siberian, Yakutia, Yakutsk, Russia, Canada