40,000-year-old baby wooly mammoth frozen in time

[jojackson]

A BABY woolly mammoth that died after being sucked into a muddy river bed 40,000 years ago has revealed more prehistoric secrets of how the species survived in its icy habitat.....

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...h-frozen-in-time/story-e6freuy9-1225782861750

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article6860975.ece

40,000-year-old baby ... scientists perform an autopsy and DNA analysis on Lyuba, a wooly mammoth sucked to her death in a muddy river bed in Siberia. Source: AFP

 

[toddmkeller]

There was a documentary of them removing this baby on the discovery channel I believe... May be somthing to look into... pretty cool if you ask me!

See ya,

Todd

 

[NewOwner]

HOLY SANTA CLAUSE SHTT

Thats crazy, really, if you can find more on the story,or updates post PLEASE?

 

[jojackson]

more + video

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the...ey-mammoth-lyuba-looks-great-for-her-age.html

more

http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=22308

full story/ discovery

http://archaeology.about.com/od/laboratoryanalyses/ss/waking_baby.htm

 

[Minihuey]

This is actually a pretty dated story.

 

[jojackson]

LMAO, Huey its about a 40,000 year old mammoth, who cares!
Nice pun.

 

[SS4Luck]

National Geographic did a really nice write up on it sometime this year too