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mummified wolf on a white table surrounded by people in protective white coveralls and masks and gloves
Locals discovered this mummified wolf in the thawing permafrost in Siberia.

North-Eastern Federal University

  • Researchers are studying a 44,000-year-old mummified wolf found in the permafrost in Russia.
  • The wolf may tell scientists what its lifestyle and diet were like during the Pleistocene era.
  • Researchers hope to learn more about ancient bacteria and how the wolf is related to modern animals.

This wolf looks pretty good for its age, considering it's 44,000 years old.

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Science, pleistocene, mummification, wolf, viruses, siberia, permafrost
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A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could co…