Amazingly Preserved Remains Of 12,400-Year-Old Puppy Found In Siberia

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The puppy was found with its brain 70 to 80 percent intact. YouTube/Siberian Times

Frozen in permafrost on the banks of a Siberian river, the remains of a 12,400-year-old puppy has been discovered, giving scientists an opportunity to examine a well-preserved Pleistocene canid for the first time. The dog is thought to be a sibling of another that was unearthed in 2011, and is presumed to have been killed in a landslide before becoming mummified.