Gold Miners In The Yukon Find Mummified Baby Woolly Mammoth

The most complete remains of a mummified infant woolly mammoth were found in North America.

By Monica Cull
Jun 28, 2022 8:35 PMJun 28, 2022 8:59 PM
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(Credit: Government of Yukon)

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Gold miners in the Yukon uncovered a mummified baby woolly mammoth on June 21. The near-complete baby mammoth, named Nun cho ga — ‘big baby animal’ in Hän language — by Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Elders was discovered in the Klondike gold fields in the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional Territory. 

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