A 30,000-year-old baby mammoth has been discovered perfectly preserved in permafrost in the far reaches of Canada’s northwest Yukon province. Covered in skin and patches of hair, the Yukon baby mammoth is being called the most complete example ever discovered in North America.
The Yukon Big Baby Mammoth: Archaeological Gold!
The rare Yukon baby mammoth was discovered by a group of miners working in the Klondike gold fields on the tribal lands of the indigenous Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin band.
The Yukon region is perhaps best known for the Klondike Gold Rush, a wild mining boom that lasted from 1896 to 1899, when 100,000 prospectors from all over descended this part of Canada and Alaska.
Ranj Pillai, Canada’s Minister of Tourism and Culture, said in a statement that the Yukon has always been “an internationally renowned leader for ice age and Beringia research.”
