Prehistoric Treasures , Found Preserved , in the Arctic's Melting Permafrost.<br />The Arctic permafrost has yielded many <br />fascinating discoveries, providing researchers with <br />perfectly-preserved samples of life thousands of years ago. .<br />Yahoo reports that the permafrost acts <br />as a protective shield that ensures specimens <br />remain intact for many millennia. .<br />Many of these well-preserved prehistoric <br />creatures still had fur, teeth, skin, <br />muscle tissue and organs intact. .<br />In July of 2016, gold miner Neil Loveless <br />discovered the perfectly-preserved <br />remains of a Pleistocene gray wolf puppy. .<br />In July of 2016, gold miner Neil Loveless <br />discovered the perfectly-preserved <br />remains of a Pleistocene gray wolf puppy. .<br />In 2017 and 2018, mammoth tusk collectors <br />in the Siberian Arctic discovered <br />two mummified cave lions. .<br />One of the finds is believed to be the, "best-preserved Ice Age animal ever found.".<br />One of the cubs dates back 28,000 years, <br />while the other goes back over 44,000 years. .<br />Also in 2018, a 42,000-year-old foal was discovered in a crater in Siberia's Verkhoyansk region. .<br />This unique specimen was so well preserved that scientists found it contained liquid blood and urine in addition to intact organs. .<br />Researchers at North-Eastern Federal University, who performed an autopsy on the foal, believe that it drowned while being hunted by predators. .<br />Also contained within the Siberian permafrost <br />was a 24,000-year-old freshwater <br />microorganism from the late Stone Age. .<br />The microscopically-small creature had been suspended in ice for thousands of years before being awakened from its slumber by scientists.
