Prospectors in eastern Siberia stumbled upon an extraordinary discovery while searching for mammoth tusks in 2020: a mummified saber-toothed cat cub preserved in permafrost for over 37,000 years.
A mummy with curved, sharp claws, pads on its paws, well-preserved skin and thick fur around an inch long has been uncovered in the Siberian permafrost. The saber-toothed cat cub is the first of ...