Rare, mummified remains of two ice age animals — a caribou calf and a wolf pup — have been dug up from the permafrost by gold miners near Dawson City, Yukon. Ice age bones and fossils are often found in Yukon, but mummified carcasses are extremely rare, according to Zazula. "To our knowledge this is the only mummified ice age wolf ever found in the world." 'It’s so cute, it’s beautiful, it’s amazing,' said Yukon paleontologist Grant Zazula, about the wolf pup. The miner who found the wolf pup remains 'thought it was maybe a dog,' Zazula said.

Source: CBC News September 13, 2018 19:07 UTC