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  • It Had A "Strong Pleistocene Aroma": In 1984, Scientists Ate A 50,000-Year-Old Bison In A Stew

    10/06/2025 11:16:23 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 38 replies
    IFL Science ^ | September 25, 2025 | Rachael Funnell
    “The taste was delicious, and none of us suffered any ill effects from the meal.” =========================================================== Blue Babe bison lived twice. First, 50,000 years ago, the steppe bison (Bison priscus) wandered Ice Age Alaska until a lion brought it down. Its second life began millennia later, when scientists uncovered its perfectly preserved body from the Alaskan permafrost, where it had lain frozen since that ancient day. The remarkably well-preserved bison was first discovered by gold miners in 1979 and handed over to scientists as a rare find, being the only known example of a Pleistocene bison reclaimed from the permafrost....