CNN writes that twenty-eight thousand-year-old remains of a lion cub were found in a cave in Russia.
According to the publication, cub remains are perfectly preserved regardless of age, and even his fur is preserved.
Earlier, in 2017, scientists found other remains of a cub in the Abyssinian district of Yakutia. Researchers have even named the remains; the first one was named Boris, and the second was named Sparta.
Scientists initially assumed they were from the same family because the corpses were found very close to the banks of the Semyuelyakh River. However, it was later revealed that Boris was much older than Sparta.
"Sparta is probably the best-preserved Ice Age animal ever found and is more or less undamaged apart from the fur being a bit ruffled. She even had the whiskers preserved," said Love Dalen, a professor of evolutionary genetics at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sparta has well-preserved teeth, skin, soft tissue, and internal organs. Its claws are also intact.
A landslide probably killed Sparta as its skull was damaged, and its ribs and bones were broken.
