A gold miner has discovered the mummified remains of a baby woolly mammoth in the Yukon state of Canada.. The female mammoth has been named Tr'ondaek Hwech'in Noon cho ga, which means "

It is noted that these are the most complete mummified remains of a mammoth found in North America.. A baby mammoth died and froze in the permafrost during the Ice Age, about 30,000 years ago.. He lived in the Yukon at a time when wild horses, cave lions, and giant prairie bison also inhabited the area..

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Geologists unearth baby mammoth after young gold miner finds its remains. According to paleontologist Grant Zazul, the gold miner made "

Scientists believe that the baby mammoth moved with his mother until he moved too far away from her and got stuck in the mud.. The researchers noted the excellent preservation of the body of the animal, it has preserved toenails, skin, hair, torso and even intestines.. In addition, the last meal in the form of grass was still present in the stomach..

“As an Ice Age paleontologist, my lifelong dream was to come face to face with a real woolly mammoth.. Today this dream came true. Nun Choga is beautiful and one of the most incredible Ice Age animal mummies ever discovered in the world,” Zazula said..

Elephant-sized woolly mammoths died out about 4,000 years ago. These animals were hunted and eaten by early humans, and the bones and tusks were used to make jewelry and build dwellings..

Previously, scientists from Stockholm University sequenced the DNA of 14 woolly rhinos and found out why these animals became extinct.. It was believed that the large animals of antiquity died out due to the spread of people and their hunting lifestyle, but now it turned out that this was not the case..