Baby... Mammoth...

I was just doing some research for my Ethnology of the Circumpolar Region class and came across this page describing a recovered baby mammoth (that's an oxymoron, folks) found in northwestern Siberia. I got all excited and thought maybe this was a recent find but the article was dated 2007. So no need to alert your fellow archaeology friends (read: nerds). It is pretty cool though! They think the wee one died over 10,000 years ago! Also, the preservation is amazing, making this a rare and marvelous find.

Here's the link if you want to check it out...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6284214.stm