Autopsy carried out in Far East on world's oldest dog mummified by ice

Siberian Times ^ | Thursday, June 18 2015 | Anna Liesowska

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Scientists in the Russian Far East have carried out a post-mortem examination of the remains of the only mummified dog ever found in the world.

Found sealed inside permafrost during a hunt for traces of woolly mammoths, the perfectly-preserved body is 12,450 years old.

The dog, believed to be a three-month-old female, was unearthed in 2011 on the Syallakh River in the Ust-Yana region of Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic.

Experts spent the past four years analysing the body – which included not just bones but also its heart, lungs and stomach – but only carried out the long-awaited autopsy in April.

It took place at the Institute of Medicine within the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, and experts say the results will 'greatly help' the research of ancient dog species.

Indeed, the study could prove if the animal was an ancestor of modern-day domestic pets...

It is believed the animal – which was named the Tumat dog, after the village – had died in a landslide at the water's edge and analysis aged it to about 12,450 years.

[SunkenCiv]

subtitle, "12,000-year-old remains of puppy were discovered perfectly intact sealed inside permafrost."

The dog, believed to be a three-month-old female, was unearthed in 2011 on the Syallakh River in the Ust-Yana region of Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic. Picture: NEFU

[W.]

Did she snack from the cat box? IMWTK... ;)

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

[Varda]

“3 month old” Typo?
Looks more like three year old.

[Popman]

My guess would be the 12,000 year old puppy is not that different from today's dogs...

I wonder what species this dog will be closet related to...

[caddie]

That’s 87,150 in dog years.

[M Kehoe]

Good morning.

Whoever wrote the headline blew it.

5.56mm

[Redcitizen]

Roll over and play dead. Stay. Good doggie!

[Monkey Face]

Wow. Now THAT’s interesting!

[SunkenCiv]

LOLOL!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3301857/posts?page=7#7

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

The oenology and zymurgy keywords may also be of interest.

[Covenantor]

Seem to be rather well developed teeth for a three month pup.

As a side note The Siberian Times seems to be using Times Roman as it's header font. They've come a long way since Walter Delahanty visited Siberia and reported, "Nothing to see here folks. Reminds one of the Ukraine."

[SunkenCiv]

Most of my experience with puppy teeth has been preceded by the phrase, “he doesn’t bite”.

http://www.google.com/search?q=puppy+dentition&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch

[Does so]

Indeed, the study could prove if the animal was an ancestor of modern-day domestic pets...

At three months old, not a progenitor of any domestic pet. But...that dentition suggests an older animal.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

LOL!