Mammoth Baby’s Sad Truth: 30,000 Years Frozen
A gold prospector in the Yukon, Canada, made an incredible find: the mummified body of a baby woolly mammoth, found in the traditional territory of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin. Named as Nun cho gawhich means “big baby animal” in the Hän language, this mammoth is the most complete mummified specimen discovered in North America. A treasure from the past frozen in time Nun cho ga died more than 30,000 years ago during the Ice Age and became trapped in the permafrost. Back then, the Yukon was home to animals like wild horses, cave lions, and giant steppe bison. His remains were...
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