<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) in Yakutsk, told TASS.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ 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revealing other prehistoric finds including a horse and bison, TASS reported.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local residents discovered the carcass after a portion of the crater collapsed, revealing half of the mammoth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-bushfires-boxing-day-warning-evacuated-residents-given-chance-to-return-home-emergencies-news/ae1b88fd-c327-4ea1-a4f4-3267d8e63cc6" rel="" target="" title="Victoria braces for dire Boxing Day bushfire conditions"><strong><span>Victoria braces for dire Boxing Day bushfire conditions</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2020/12/10/20/52/most-spectacular-ancient-finds-discovered-by-humans"><img 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Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The front part of the carcass fell to the bottom of the hole, while the back half including the hind legs were still in the permafrost, Cheprasov said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The back half was later collected by his colleagues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Before this baby mammoth was discovered, a total of six complete mammoth skeletons have been found in the world, five in Russia and one in Canada, according to Cheprasov.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is a really unique find, not only for our university, and for Russian science, but also for the world," said Anatoly Nikolaev, the Rector of the North-Eastern Federal University, to TASS.</span></div></div>