They found "intact" the decapitated head of a giant prehistoric wolf

Japanese and Russian scientists have announced the discovery of a decapitated head of a Pleistocene wolf, which was found in very good condition in the Siberian permafrost. He still has his skin, his muzzle and his fangs impressive and we even think of the brain.

According to Siberian weather, the head was found during the summer of 2018 in the district of Abyisky, north of the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, by a baqueano, Pavel Efimov, on the shores of Tirekhtyakh River.

It is believed that the copy I was between two and four years old when he died, and what happened to the rest of the body of the animal is a mystery.

According to the newspaper, and to give an idea of ​​the impressive size of the animal, only the head he is 40 centimeters long, which can mean half the body of a current wolf.

According to Japanese scientists, the head date from 40,000 years ago.

"It's a unique discovery, we find for the first time the remains of a Pleistocene adult wolf with its preserved tissues, "he said Siberian weather Albert Protopopov, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia.

"We will compare it to current wolves to understand the evolution of the species," he added.

The piece is part of a scientific exhibition organized in Tokyo by scientists from Japan and Yakutia. Then your DNA will be badyzed at the Natural History Museum of Sweden.

The scientists also presented the remains of a well preserved cave lion cub, which they named Spartak.