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Meet Yana, the well-preserved 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, just unveiled in Russia

Allan Rose Hill
Dec 24, 2024
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Meet Yana, a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth whose well-preserved remains were just revealed in Yakutsk, Russia. Video below. The animal's name comes from the river basin where residents spotter her nearly thawed out in the world's largest permafrost crater. The finders fashioned a makeshift stretcher and carried her out.

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