In 1979, miners using hydraulic hoses in Alaska uncovered a mummified steppe bison preserved for 36,000 years

Alaska's permafrost yielded a remarkable 36,000-year-old steppe bison, nicknamed "Blue Babe," in 1979. Unlike typical fossils ...
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An ice-age bison was discovered! Then soon eaten — once the foul taste was smothered

In 1979, researchers unearthed the mummified body of a 55,000-year-old Steppe bison in the Alaskan tundra. Shortly after, they sliced off a piece of its neck — to eat! A close up view of Blue Babe, ...
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Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America

The steppe bison had much larger horns than modern bison. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis of bison fossils enabled researchers to track the migration of Pleistocene steppe bison into an ice-free ...
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12 steppe bison from Yakutia brought to nature park on Yamal

The years-long experience of work with musk oxen will favor building up the park's population of bison, the region's Governor Dmitry Artyukhov said TASS, July 21. Steppe bison from Yakutia were ...
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Yakutia expects another batch of bison to restore mammoth steppe ecosystem

YAKUTSK, February 24. /TASS/. A batch of steppe bison will be brought to Pleistocene Park in Yakutia’s north-east to continue the experiment to restore the mammoth steppe ecosystem, Nikita Zimov, a ...
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An ice-age bison was discovered! Then soon eaten — once the foul taste was smothered

Shortly after researchers unearthed the mummified body of a 55,000-year-old Steppe bison in the Alaskan tundra, they sliced off a piece of its... In 1979, researchers unearthed the mummified body of a ...
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An ice-age bison was discovered! Then soon eaten — once the foul taste was smothered

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In 1979, researchers unearthed the ...