[Rockhounds] Dissected mammoth calf smells like ‘fermented earth and flesh’

[Paul]

Dissected mammoth calf smells like ‘fermented earth and flesh’
Yana may be the most well-preserved specimen of her species.
By Andrew Paul, Popular Science,  April 7, 2025
https://www.popsci.com/science/yana-woolly-mammoth-photos/

Live Science article of same title
https://www.livescience.com/animals/mammoths/130-000-year-old-mammoth-calf-smells-like-fermented-earth-and-flesh-necropsy-reveals

Relevant online (PDF) encyclopedia chapter

Potapova, O. and Potapov, E., 2024. Late Pleistocene mummified mammals. 
Encyclopedia of quaternary science, pp.541-568.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383211801_Late_Pleistocene_Mummified_Mammals

Online publications (PDFs) of Olga Potapova, Principal Investigator 
at Pleistocene Park Foundation
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olga-Potapova

 Yours,

 Paul H.