A awakening from the past
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In the ice cream heart of the Siberiatwo prehistoric puppies are returned to light after 14,000 yearswith impressive conservation: Fur intact, recognizable features and even the last meal in the stomach.
The discovery took place in the the area di tumadbetween layers of permafrost who have preserved the puppies As in a time machine. For scholars, it is among the most fascinating discoveries of the glacial era.
An era dominated by giant beasts
At the time, the puppies lived in a landscape populated by mammoth lanosi e prehistoric rhinocerosin cui i first human settlements They were just appearing.
The two animals wandered between lairs dug into the ice cream ground, probably without direct contacts with man. Even if human tools have been found near the remains, there is no tank tests.
These elements suggest a wildwhere human beings and carnivores shared space, but not social life.
They were not dogs, they were wolves never seen before
At the beginning it was thought to be The first tame dogs. A suggestive theory, given the presence of remains of cut and burned mammoths.
The reality is even more incredible: thanks to the genetic analysis conducted by the team ofYork Universityit emerged that they were two wolf puppies, sisters, belonging to one extinct populationwithout direct descent and ties with wolves or modern dogs.
The bodies were in a state so perfect as to Also allow the detailed study of the stomach: inside there were meat of Lanoso rhinoceros e feather Of white dancertest of a varied and rich diet.
A world that continues to speak
The two specimens, probably died suddenly due to a collapse in the denare a living document of the glacial era.
Their existence tells us how life was for the great predators of the Pleistocene: a mix of adaptation, instinct and coexistence with a Extreme climate. And it is not excluded that there are other puppies still hidden in the ice.
This discovery allows to better understand the evolution of the wolves, their social behavior and the environment in which they grew up. A journey into prehistory that, thanks to science, continues to surprise us.
