Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.
The creature, resembling a small elephant with a trunk, was recovered from the Batagaika crater, a huge depression more than 80 metres deep which is widening as a result of climate change.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App
It is the latest of a series of spectacular discoveries in the Russian permafrost. Last month, scientists in the same vast northeastern region - known as Sakha or Yakutia - showed off the 32,000-year-old remains of a tiny saber-toothed cat cub, while earlier this year a 44,000-year-old wolf carcass was uncovered.The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop.
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