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Agence France-Presse

A first intact head of a gigantic adult wolf, which died about 32,000 years ago and was preserved in permafrost has been found in the Russian Arctic, scientists have said.
Covered with thick fur, the head was found by a local on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River in Russia’s remote Arctic region of Yakutia last summer.
It features a well-preserved brain, soft tissue and a set of powerful teeth and measures 41.5 centimetres (16 inches) in length.
By comparison, the torso of a modern-day wolf is between 66 and 86 centimetres long.
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The head was handed to local palaeontologists, who teamed up with scientists from the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo to study it.
“It is the first ever such find,” Albert Protopopov, head of mammoth fauna studies at the Yakutia Academy of Sciences, said on Friday.

“Only cubs have been discovered before.”
Research shows the animal died about 32,000 years ago in the Pleistocene epoch, when the most recent Ice Age occurred.
The wolf is believed to have been between two and four years old when it died.
The Pleistocene epoch was the time when megafauna such as woolly mammoths roamed the Earth.
Protopopov said the scientists from Russia, Japan and Sweden would continue to study the head.
“We are hoping to understand whether this was a separate subspecies,” he added.


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Furry head of 32,000-year-old Ice Age wolf found in Russian Arctic

The head of the ancient wolf discovered in the northern Siberian region of Yakutia. Photo: AFP

A handout picture taken on September 6, 2018 and provided by the Yakutia Academy of Sciences shows the head of an ancient wolf, discovered in the permafrost on the bank of the Tirekhtyakh river in the northern Siberian region of Yakutia. - Japanese scientists helping their Russian colleagues performed a series of tests and determined its age as approximately 32,000 years. (Photo by HO / YAKUTIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / YAKUTIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES / HO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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The head was found by a local on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River in Russia’s remote Arctic region last summer
It features a well-preserved brain, soft tissue and a set of powerful teeth


The head was found by a local on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River in Russia’s remote Arctic region last summer.


Furry head of 32,000-year-old Ice Age wolf found in Russian Arctic

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The head was found by a local on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River in Russia’s remote Arctic region last summer It features a well-preserved brain, soft tissue and a set of powerful teeth

The head was found by a local on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River in Russia’s remote Arctic region last summer

It features a well-preserved brain, soft tissue and a set of powerful teeth