Yuka (mammoth)

Yuka
Mummified remains
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Slideshow from Huffington Post
Image from Discovery News

Yuka is a wooly mammoth carcass discovered in Siberia. It died around 39,000 years ago and was around 6 to 11 years of age.[1][2]

In October 2014, The mammoth had been put on display in Moscow and is the best preserved in palaeontology.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Young Mammoth Likely Butchered by Humans". DNews. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "BBC Nature - Woolly mammoth carcass may have been cut into by humans". BBC Nature. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "39,000 year-old mammoth goes on display in Russia". BBC News. 29 October 2014.

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