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EX500rider

(10,842 posts)
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 01:48 PM Sep 2020

Bear from Ice Age found 'completely preserved' in Russian Arctic

The immaculately preserved remains of an Ice Age-era bear have been unearthed by reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic, researchers have said.
The bear was revealed by the melting permafrost on the Lyakhovsky Islands in north-eastern Russia.
With its teeth and nose intact, the bear is thought to be a species of brown bear that lived 22,000 to 39,500 years ago.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54160645

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Bear from Ice Age found 'completely preserved' in Russian Arctic (Original Post) EX500rider Sep 2020 OP
That is an amazing find DFW Sep 2020 #1
I wonder if an ice-age human will ever get uncovered? Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #2
It was, unfortunately he Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2020 #3
We may be learning about the past Chainfire Sep 2020 #4

DFW

(54,369 posts)
1. That is an amazing find
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 01:51 PM
Sep 2020

Though the melting of the permafrost is far too high a price to pay for it.

Cirque du So-What

(25,932 posts)
2. I wonder if an ice-age human will ever get uncovered?
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 02:46 PM
Sep 2020

along with ice-age pathogens that modern humans may be unprepared for.

Chainfire

(17,536 posts)
4. We may be learning about the past
Tue Sep 15, 2020, 03:33 PM
Sep 2020

at the same time that we are losing our future.

That is an amazing find. Time to call in the Jurassic park scientists, I can see good DNA in that from here.

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