Canadian miners made a very special discovery this week: the baby mammoth “full” mummified woolly North Americaidentified in a gold field in the Yukon Territory of Canadaaccording to the authorities announced last Friday (25).
On Tuesday, the Yukon government and Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation reported that workers had found the animal frozen and “almost complete” while excavating the region.
Initial information indicates that the mammoth is a female, having the same size as another 42,000-year-old calf discovered in Siberia in 2007. Geologists believe the animal found this time died and froze over 30,000 years ago. years old.
“As an ice age paleontologist, it was one of my lifelong dreams to come face to face with a real woolly mammoth. That dream came true today,” said Grant Zazula. “Nun cho ga is beautiful and one of the most incredible mummified ice age animals ever discovered in the world. I’m excited to get to know her more.”
“Nun cho ga” is the name given by Tr’ondek Hwech’in elders to the fossil discovered. In the Han language, the name means “big baby animal.
“The Yukon has always been an internationally renowned leader for ice age and Beringia research. We are excited about this significant discovery of a mummified woolly mammoth calf: Nun cho ga,” said Tourism and Culture Minister Ranj Pillai.
*With information from CNN Newsource
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