Furry head of ice age wolf found in Siberian permafrost
22 June 2019 |
8:08 am
A 40,000-year-old wolf found in Siberia was bigger than its modern-day descendants. Kept cold in the permafrost, the wolf's fur, ears, brain and teeth had been preserved since the day it died in the Arctic.
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