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Miners Unearth a Mummified Woolly Rhino in Siberia, With an Intact Horn and Soft Tissue
Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the discovery of a mummified woolly rhinoceros in Siberia. The animal was found by gold miners earlier this summer in a quarry in the rural Oymyakonsky District of Russia. It’s very well preserved with soft tissue and a complete horn. Some scientists have speculated that ancient DNA might even…