Baby mammoth found in Russian crater is the world’s ‘best’ preserved, says scientist

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CNN  —  Russian scientists presented the carcass of a baby mammoth, whose incredibly well-preserved remains were found in the Siberian region of Yakutia in June after more than 50,000 years. The carcass of the female juvenile mammoth, nicknamed Yana, was discovered by local residents after a permafrost crater expanded, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. “We can say it is one of the best-ever found in the world,” Maksim Cheprasov, Laboratory Head of the Mammoth Museum at the North-

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