Well-preserved baby mammoth found in Siberia
{{Date|July 12, 2007}}
[[Image:Mammuthus primigenius baby Dima Luzern.JPG|right|thumb|200px|''Mammuthus primigenius'' (Baby) named "Dima", similar to Lyuba. {{Image source|Sikander}}]]
Well-preserved remains of a baby {{w|Woolly Mammoth|mammoth}} have been found in the {{w|Yamal Peninsula}} in {{w|Siberia}}, [[Russia]]. The baby mammoth, named Lyuba, was a six-month-old female at the time of death, approximately 10,000 years ago. 

Mammoths arose about five million years ago, in the {{w|Pliocene Epoch}}, and are closely related to modern {{w|elephant|elephants}}. Unlike elephants, mammoths had a thick layer of fur. 

They died out about 4,000 years ago, although the population was in substantial decline well before then with more than half the population gone by 11,000 years ago. At present, scientists do not know what caused their extinction. However, major hypotheses include factors such as climate change, hunting by humans, disease, and combinations of these factors.

The specimen is well preserved with some remaining fur and substantially intact eyes and trunk. The only part which is missing is the tail which appears to have been bitten off. There is some hope that the mammoth may be sufficiently well preserved that DNA can be extracted for cloning or for other research. 

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/11/siberia.babymammoth.reut/index.html?iref=newssearch
|title=Baby mammoth discovered in Siberia
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=July 11, 2007}} 
*{{source|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aGjXdTUdysAg&refer=canada
|title=Baby Mammoth Found in Siberia Is Best Specimen Yet, BBC Reports
|author=Aaron Sheldrick|pub=Bloomberg
|date=July 11, 2007}} 
*{{source|url=http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=1078542007
|title= Ice wasteland reveals mammoth carcase preserved for 10,000 years
|author=Steven Raeburn
|pub=The Scotsman
|date=July 11, 2007}} 
*{{source|url=http://www.livescience.com/animals/041019_Mammoth_Island.html
|title= Surviving Extinction: Where Woolly Mammoths Endured
|author=Michael Schirber
|pub=Live Science
|date=October 19, 2004}} 

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[[fr:Un jeune mammouth a été découvert dans un bon état de préservation]]
[[pl:Na Syberii znaleziono bardzo dobrze zachowane ciało mamuta]]
Mammuthus primigenius (Baby) named "Dima", similar to Lyuba. 
Well-preserved remains of a baby mammoth have been found in the Siberia, Russia. The baby mammoth, named Lyuba, was a six-month-old female at the time of death, approximately 10,000 years ago. 

Mammoths arose about five million years ago, in the elephant|elephants. Unlike elephants, mammoths had a thick layer of fur. 

They died out about 4,000 years ago, although the population was in substantial decline well before then with more than half the population gone by 11,000 years ago. At present, scientists do not know what caused their extinction. However, major hypotheses include factors such as climate change, hunting by humans, disease, and combinations of these factors.

The specimen is well preserved with some remaining fur and substantially intact eyes and trunk. The only part which is missing is the tail which appears to have been bitten off. There is some hope that the mammoth may be sufficiently well preserved that DNA can be extracted for cloning or for other research.
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