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Scientists perform necropsy on baby woolly mammoth

The mammoth, nicknamed Yana, is 50,000 years old and was found in thawing permafrost in Yakutia, Russia

Scientists perform a necropsy on the 50,000-year-old baby mammoth nicknamed "Yana" at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk on March 27, 2025. The carcass, which was dug up past summer near the Batagaika research station in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia, weighs 180 kilograms (397 pounds) and is 120 centimetres (four feet) tall and 200 centimetres long. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Laid down on this operating table are the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth nicknamed Yana. On 27 March, scientists performed a necropsy on Yana at North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia. The carcass, which was found in thawing permafrost last summer, is 2 metres long and weighs 180 kilograms.

Topics: Palaeontology