[Rockhounds] Scientists find a 35, 000-year-old saber-toothed kitten in the Siberian permafrost

[Paul]

Scientists find a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten in the Siberian permafrost
Mansee Khurana, Short Wave, November 16, 2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/16/nx-s1-5193845/35000-year-old-kitten-siberia-frozen

World First 35,000-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Kitten Found Mummified In Permafrost                    
The appearance of the extinct animal has been a mystery – until now.
Tom Hale, IFLScience, November 16, 2024
https://www.iflscience.com/world-first-35000-year-old-saber-toothed-kitten-found-mummified-in-permafrost-76795

The open access paper is:

Lopatin, A.V., Sotnikova, M.V., Klimovsky, A.I., Lavrov, A.V., Protopopov, A.V., 
Gimranov, D.O. and Parkhomchuk, E.V., 2024. Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed 
cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia. Scientific
 Reports, 14(1), p.28016.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79546-1

Yours,

Paul H.