Ancient puppy found in permafrost

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Tests showed the puppy to be roughly 18,000 years old, but further tests led researchers to more questions.

"We have now generated a nearly complete genome sequence from it and normally when you have a two-fold coverage genome, which is what we have, you should be able to relatively easily say whether it’s a dog or a wolf, but we still can’t say and that makes it even more interesting," Love Dalén, professor of evolutionary genetics at the center, said.

The scientists are set to do a third round of genome sequencing, which they hope will solve the mystery, he added.

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An ancient puppy has been discovered completely frozen and perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost, researchers say. The specimen was carbon dated and found to be 18,000 years old, but looks and feels like a “very recently dead animal”.

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This is quite an amazing find.

YAKUTSK, Russia — Russian scientists have shown off a prehistoric dog or wolf puppy, thought to be 18,000 years old, found in permafrost in the country's Far East.

I read about this puppy. It is quite amazing how well it is preserved.