A 40,000-year-old wolf’s head was discovered in northern Russia — with its ears, fangs, brain and tongue perfectly intact in the permafrost. Scientists believe the beast from the Ice Age belonged to a now-extinct subspecies of wolf that lived during the same era as mammoths.
40,000-year-old wolf’s head preserved by permafrost found in Siberia
The furry head of the wolf was found in the Russian Arctic region of Yakutia last summer, according to a Russian newspaper, The Siberian Times. The wolf’s head is about 40 centimeters (almost 16 inches) long, and the wolf was estimated to be between the ages of 2 and 4 when it died.”This is a unique discovery of the first ever remains of a fully grown Pleistocene wolf with its tissue preserved,” Albert Protopopov, a top researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the newspaper. “We will be comparing it to modern-day wolves to understand how the species has evolved and to reconstruct its appearance,” he added.
The Associated Press reported scientists said the Ice Age wolf was about 25% bigger than today’s wolves. Experts at the Swedish Museum of Natural History will further examine its DNA, according to The Siberian Times. The discovery was announced at the opening of a woolly mammoth exhibit at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo.
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