Posted on 09/14/2020 11:09:06 AM PDT by SJackson
Separately at least one preserved carcass of a cave bear cub found on the mainland of Yakutia, with scientists hopeful of obtaining its DNA.
More details of the finds are to be announced soon.
Until now only the bones of cave bears have been discovered.
The new finds are of ‘world importance’, according to one of Russia’s leading experts on extinct Ice Age species.
Scientist Lena Grigorieva said of the island discovery of the adult beast: 'Today this is the first and only find of its kind - a whole bear carcass with soft tissues.
'It is completely preserved, with all internal organs in place including even its nose.
“Previously, only skulls and bones were found. This find is of great importance for the whole world.’
The remains were found by reindeer herders on the island and the remains will be analysed by scientists at the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) in Yakutsk, which is at the forefront of research into extinct woolly mammoths and rhinos.
Russian and foreign colleagues will be invited to join the study.
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species or subspecies that lived in Eurasia in the Middle and Late Pleistocene period and became extinct about 15,000 years ago.
According to the rough preliminary suggestions the bear could live in Karginsky interglacial (this was the period between 22,000 and 39,500 years).
'It is necessary to carry out radiocarbon analysis to determine the precise age of the bear,’ said senior researcher Maxim Cheprasov from the Mammoth Museum laboratory in Yakutsk.
The finder transferred the right to research to the scientists of NEFU, he said.
Recent years have seen major discoveries of mammoths, woolly rhinos, Ice Age foal, several puppies and Cave Lion cubs as the permafrost melts in Siberia.
Lena Grigorieva, first from the left, leading researcher of the International Centre for Collective Use of Molecular Paleontology at the NEFU’s Institute of Applied Ecology of the North. Lena is pictured by the carcass of a 42,000 year old foal found inside the Batagai depression in Yakutia
The first three books were indeed marvelous stories. The last three got caught up in the series own cliches and adjectives. Still given the gloom and doom of today’s events, I might revist Auel.
Interesting.
Quick, clone it. Clone thousands of them...and then release them into DC at rush hour to thin out the bureaucracy a bit.
“Only YOU can prevent freezing temperatures”
And if they were still around some idiot tourist would try to pet one.
“The movie version of Clan of the Cave Bear sucked tho, IMO.’
so did the sixth book (sucked that is), written more than ten years after the first five ... it was nothing but total leftist, collectivist propaganda ...
Looking at it’s teeth it looks like British bear, they should send a DNA sample to Ancestry.com.
Thanks for the pings!
No sheets or pointy hats were found............................
Was it killed by global climate change?
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