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Defrosting A Woolly Mammoth

40,000 years ago a woolly mammoth fell into a Siberian peat bog and died. The frozen remains were discovered last year. The British palaeo-biologist Dr Tori Herridge was part of the team of scientists that defrosted and dissected the body.

Picture: Dr Tori Herridge (3rd from left) at the woolly mammoth autopsy.
Picture credit: Renegade Pictures

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10 minutes