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Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Siberia

The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region, who call it the best-preserved mammoth body ever found.

Tue, 24 Dec, 2024

Climate change, not humans, caused extinction of woolly mammoths – study

After five million years roaming the Earth, woolly mammoths vanished from the planet nearly 4,000 years ago, and scientists say they have finally proved why.

Wed, 20 Oct, 2021

World's oldest DNA recovered from 1.2m-year-old mammoth

Researchers recovered small amounts of DNA from the teeth of three mammoth specimens unearthed from the Siberian permafrost in the 1970s

Wed, 17 Feb, 2021

Mammoth tracks give an insight into lives

During a 2014 field trip to Oregon’s Lake County, palaeontologist Gregory Retallack discovered fossilised animal tracks, writes Richard Collins

Mon, 26 Feb, 2018

Mammoth sale! Four skeletons tipped to make up to €450,000

The Ice Age forms are expected to sell for between £250,000 (€280,000) and £400,000 (€450,000) at auction in West Sussex on Tuesday. The collection is open for the public to view on Sunday.

Fri, 17 Nov, 2017

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Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Siberia

Climate change, not humans, caused extinction of woolly mammoths – study

World's oldest DNA recovered from 1.2m-year-old mammoth

Mammoth tracks give an insight into lives

Mammoth sale! Four skeletons tipped to make up to €450,000

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Mick Clifford

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Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Siberia

Climate change, not humans, caused extinction of woolly mammoths – study

World's oldest DNA recovered from 1.2m-year-old mammoth

Mammoth tracks give an insight into lives

Mammoth sale! Four skeletons tipped to make up to €450,000

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Mick Clifford

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