Incredibly well-preserved baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Yukon

[pesco]

Originally published at: Incredibly well-preserved baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Yukon | Boing Boing

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[knoxblox]

Definitely a cool scientific find, but still…poor baby.

[Grasshopper]

Placer mining in the Yukon regularly uncovers bits and pieces of mammoths and mammoth ivory. When they are systematically removing massive amounts of earth, all kinds of stuff gets uncovered.

What is admirable is that there is partnership between the miners, the territorial government and indigenous government for this discovery.

[Mangochin]

Poor little guy.
Great scientific find!

[lumbercartel]

I hope they’re able to preserve the DNA record until the Earth is at headed towards wooly-mammoth habitability someday.

[hecep]

Here’s a better pic and something for scale. Poor little boi.

[knoxblox]

Having spent many a time waiting for the school bus in sub-zero wind temperatures in Kansas, I know what they went through. (50% /s)

[smulder]

COMING SOON: Pleistocene Park