A REINDEER HERDER has found the remains of a prehistoric baby woolly mammoth in Russia.
The Guardian reports that the discovery was made in a remote region of Russia’s Artic. Woolly mammoths have been extinct since the last ice age.
The baby calf was found poking out of the ice and is said to be very well preserved.
It was uncovered in the same area as Lyuba, another mammoth calf, who was found in May 2007.
Lyuba is one of the most famous prehistoric finds. She was just one month old when she died and her carcass preserved about 40,000 years ago. Her shaggy coat was gone when she was dug up but her skin and internal organs were intact.
An expedition has now set off to the Yamalo-Nenetsk region to confirm the find. Leader Natalia Fyodorova is excited. She said on the region’s website: “If it is true what is said about how it is preserved, this will be another sensation of global significance.”
