A 3,500-year-old bear preserved in Siberian permafrost is dissected by researchers
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A nearly 3,500-year-old brown bear is being dissected by Russian scientists. the female bear has undergone a necropsy after it was discovered in 2020 on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island.
It was found just east of the Bolshoy Etherican River and, therefore, has been named the Etherican brown bear. Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital.
The extreme temperatures in the area helped to preserve the bear's soft tissue for 3,460 years, as well as the remains of its final meals.
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