Scientists Discover Extremely Rare Baby Mammoth in Siberia

Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well-preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered in the Yakutia region of Siberia. The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknamed "Yana" after the river in whose basin it was discovered this summer.

Experts said "Yana" is the best-preserved mammoth carcass in the world and is one of only seven whole remains ever found. Studies will now be carried out to work out her exact age at death, estimated at one year old or a bit more. The remains weigh 180 kilograms and are 120 centimeters tall and 200 centimeters long. Before this discovery, only six mammoth carcasses had been found in the world, five in Russia and one in Canada.