Scientists estimate carcass is up to 39,500 years old and hail find as ‘groundbreaking’
Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an ice Age cave bear, researchers announced on Monday.
The bear, revealed by the melting permafrost, was discovered on the Lyakhovsky Islands with its teeth and even its nose intact. Previously, scientists only had been able to discover the bones of cave bears, that became extinct 15,000 years ago.
Continue reading…Scientists estimate carcass is up to 39,500 years old and hail find as ‘groundbreaking’ Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an ice Age cave bear, researchers announced on Monday.The bear, revealed by the melting permafrost, was discovered on the Lyakhovsky Islands with its teeth and even its nose intact. Previously, scientists only had been able to discover the bones of cave bears, that became extinct 15,000 years ago. Continue reading…