MOSCOW—Russian scientists have found the furry head of an Ice Age wolf perfectly preserved in the Siberian permafrost.
The head of a wolf, which died 40,000 years ago, was discovered in the Russian Arctic region of Yakutia.
Valery Plotnikov, a top researcher at the local branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said the animal belonged to an ancient subspecies of wolf that lived at the same time as the mammoths and became extinct alongside them. Scientists said it was an adult, about 25% bigger than today’s wolves, but did not say whether it was male or female.
More dramatic images of the severed head of the Pleistocene wolf discovered in Siberia in the summer of 2018. It was preserved in the permafrost for over 30,000 years. See link for image credits https://t.co/7qUcFITuiC pic.twitter.com/jXTAk0lZLj
— The Ice Age (@Jamie_Woodward_) June 13, 2019
Plotnikov called the discovery unique because scientists previously only had found wolf skulls without tissues or fur, while this head has ears, a tongue and a perfectly preserved brain.
