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Baby Mammoth Found Intact

Posted by samzenpus on from the pleistocene-park dept.

knoll99 writes "Scientists unveiled the discovery Wednesday of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost of north-west Siberia. The remains of the six-month-old female mammoth were discovered in a remarkable state of preservation on the Yamal peninsula of Russia in May, a Reuters report said. The specimen is believed to be the best of its kind to date."

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  1. it's not that mysterious what caused extinction: by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Informative

    us

    whenever mankind shows up, the slowly reproducing, tasty giant beasts and megafauna disappear, sometimes pretty quicky

    off the top of my head, it happened to

    the auroch

    the irish elk

    the moa

    steller's sea cow (wiped out in 30 years, go progress!)

    i'm sure slashdotters here could pull out a couple of dozen other examples

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