Frozen mammoth may shed light on climate change

A Siberian mammoth undergoing tests in Japan could finally explain why the beasts were driven to extinction – and shed light on the history of global climate change, scientists said today.

The calf, unearthed in May by a reindeer herder in northern Siberia’s remote Yamal-Nenets autonomous region, is virtually intact and even has some fur, although its tail and ear were apparently bitten off.