Perfectly Preserved Ice Age Animals Still Have Skin, Muscle, and Hair

Shariqua Ahmed
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:23:42 -0700

The Klondike region in Canada’s Yukon territory, which is famous for its gold mines, was once home to a large variety of animals. They included the long-extinct saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths, as well as creatures like gray wolves, whose descendants still roam the Arctic territories. Hence, it is not uncommon for miners to stumble upon fossilized remains of the Ice Age inhabitants while unearthing the precious metal.