A Perfectly Preserved Ice Age Cave Bear Has Been Found in Russia–Even Its Nose Is Intact

A Perfectly Preserved Ice Age Cave Bear Has Been Found in Russia–Even Its Nose Is Intact
Courtesy of North-Eastern Federal University Yakutsk
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The perfectly preserved remains of an Ice Age cave bear have been discovered in the Russian Arctic—the first example of the species ever to be found with soft tissues intact.

The astonishing find was made by reindeer herders on the Lyakhovsky Islands, which are part of the New Siberian islands archipelago in Russia’s Far North.