Gold miners find stunningly preserved Ice Age wolf pup

Golden mine workers in northwest Canada uncovered two preserved mammals in the ice ages and revealed them in a Thursday ceremony.

In 2016, Yukon miners discovered Wolverine and Caribou calves in permafrost melted in the area.

It is very rare to preserve fur, skin and muscle tissue in a fossil record, but these specimens are present on these specimens The radiocarbon ages of these specimens are over 50 000 years I will.

According to reports, wolves are preserved well, including special details of head, tail, nails, skin and hair, but reindeer calves are only partially retained.

Grant Zazula, a local paleontologist cooperating with the Yukon government, says:

July Meachen, a carnivorous morphologist working with Ice Age mammals at Des Moines University, told the guardian. "I was really excited when Grant sent me a picture and asked me to participate.

"We do an ancient DNA test, investigate who is involved, and examine the micro flora to see if there are intestinal bacteria," Meachen said.

Elsa Punch Lori, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh, told the guardian. "Ice Age's wolf bone is more common in the Yukon, but the skin and fur preserved animals are special ... this is the ice age world.

In June 2016 gold miners worked to expose reindeer and report it to paleontologists. Scientists came to the scene to restore the mummified fuselage, head, and two forelimbs. A month later, well preserved Wolverine was found in another nearby mine. Both animals' skin, muscle and hair are intact. Skin pieces were excised from each animal and sent to the radioactive carbon test to indicate their age. Both are at least 50,000 years ago and are the limits of radioactive carbon analysis. However reindeer was discovered near the layer of ash near the volcanic eruption 80,000 years ago, and it is a better clue to its real era.

Shocking discovery excited scientists all over the world. Elsa Panciroli, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh, says: "The wolf bone of Ice Age is more common in Yukon but the animals that protect skin and fur are special.Excellent looks" Radioactive carbon test of skin samples from each fossil shows that animals are at least I decided to exist on the ground for 50, 000 years. This is the current limit for radioactive carbon analysis. However, given that reindeer was discovered near the layer of volcanic ash dating back 80,000 years ago, scientists suspect this may be a better indicator of actual age. "These are the ashes seen in the permafrost of the Alaska volcano erupted during the Ice Age," Zazula said. "We think that this is the oldest mummy soft tissue organization in the world."