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Baby Mammoth Yuka on Display in Moscow

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The best-preserved woolly mammoth carcass ever to be discovered, dubbed "Yuka" by scientists, was delivered to the Central Artist House on October 28 before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.

The best-preserved woolly mammoth carcass ever to be discovered, dubbed "Yuka" by scientists, was delivered to the Central Artist House on October 28 before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.

The 39,000-year-old female baby mammoth was discovered in 2010 in Russia's Arctic Circle by indigenous Yakut tusk-hunters.

© RIA Novosti . Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabankThe best-preserved mammoth carcass ever to be found, dubbed "Yuka" by scientists, was delivered to the Central Artist House on October 28 before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" delivered to the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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The best-preserved mammoth carcass ever to be found, dubbed "Yuka" by scientists, was delivered to the Central Artist House on October 28 before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" delivered to the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Belousov / Go to the mediabankThe 39,000-year-old female baby mammoth was discovered in 2010 in Russia's Arctic Circle by indigenous Yakut tusk-hunters.

Above: Landing the Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" outside the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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The 39,000-year-old female baby mammoth was discovered in 2010 in Russia's Arctic Circle by indigenous Yakut tusk-hunters.

Above: Landing the Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" outside the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Belousov / Go to the mediabank"Yuka" was delivered in a special container where the temperature is maintained at a steady -18 Celsius.

Above: Landing the Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" outside the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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"Yuka" was delivered in a special container where the temperature is maintained at a steady -18 Celsius.

Above: Landing the Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" outside the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Belousov / Go to the mediabankThe mammoth was installed in a cryo-chamber at the Central Artist House expo.

Above: Muscovites watching biologists install the Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" in the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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The mammoth was installed in a cryo-chamber at the Central Artist House expo.

Above: Muscovites watching biologists install the Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" in the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Belousov / Go to the mediabankJudging by the mammoth's size and weight, as well as other physical characteristics, scientists deduced that "Yuka" was likely between six and 11 years of age at the time of death.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" delivered to the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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Judging by the mammoth's size and weight, as well as other physical characteristics, scientists deduced that "Yuka" was likely between six and 11 years of age at the time of death.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" delivered to the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Belousov / Go to the mediabank"Yuka" is the first mammoth carcass to be recovered with its brain intact, as the organ usually disintegrates over thousands of years even in Siberian permafrost.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" delivered to the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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"Yuka" is the first mammoth carcass to be recovered with its brain intact, as the organ usually disintegrates over thousands of years even in Siberian permafrost.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" delivered to the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Belousov / Go to the mediabankThe woolly mammoth was one of the last in line of mammoth species, becoming extinct about 4,000 years ago.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" lands outside the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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The woolly mammoth was one of the last in line of mammoth species, becoming extinct about 4,000 years ago.

Above: The Yakutian baby mammoth "Yuka" lands outside the Central Artist House before the onset of the Russian Geographical Society Festival.
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