A sabre-toothed kitten more than 35,000 years old has been found preserved in the Siberian permafrost, with the scientists behind the discovery saying it allows researchers to study the appearance of an extinct mammal with no modern counterpart for the first time. First time species has been discovered in AsiaThe mummified remains included the head, partial pelvic bones, and the femur and shin bones. These were found in the ice, along with the front part of the cub’s body. They say the finding is significant because it’s the second time Homotherium latidens has been identified in the Late Pleistocene of Eurasia and the first time it’s been discovered in Asia. Cold-adapted featuresThe paper says the animal had several features that made it well-adapted to freezing temperatures including a muscular neck, long forelimbs and rounded paws.
