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保存完好的冰河時代狼崽及馴鹿的遺骸在加拿大被發現

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The rare remains of an ice-age wolf pup and a caribou will offer insights about life in Canada's far north more than 50,000 years ago, scientists say.

科學家表示,冰河時代一隻狼崽和一隻馴鹿的罕見遺骸,將有助於人們瞭解加拿大遠北地區5萬多年前的生活。

The creatures were discovered with intact hair, skin, and muscle tissue.

被發現的這些生物的皮毛、皮膚和肌肉組織都完好無損。

They were found in 2016 by miners near Dawson City in Yukon, and handed over to palaeontologists for research and analysis.

它們是於2016年在育空地區道森市附近被礦工發現的,並被交給古生物學家進行研究和分析。

"They are among the oldest mummified mammal soft tissue in the world," palaeontologist Grant Zazula said.

古生物學家格蘭特·扎祖拉表示:“這些遺骸是世界上最古老的哺乳動物乾屍軟組織之一。”

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The wolf pup is estimated to have been about eight weeks old when it died.

據估計,該狼崽死時大約是八週大。

"It's beautiful, the fur, it's got the cute little paws and tail and the curled upper lip showing its teeth. It's spectacular," Mr Zazula told the Canadian Press news agency last Thursday.

扎祖拉上週四向加拿大新聞社透露:“它的皮毛很漂亮,有可愛的小爪子和尾巴以及捲曲的上脣露出牙齒。太美了。”

The caribou remains include the torso, head, and front limbs.

而那隻馴鹿的遺體則包括軀幹、頭部和前肢。

Both specimens are currently on display in Dawson City and will eventually be sent to the Canadian Conservation Institute near Ottawa. They are expected to help scientists understand how they lived in the environment they inhabited.

這兩個標本目前都在道森市展出,最終將被送往渥太華附近的加拿大保護研究所。它們將有助於科學家瞭解這兩種動物是如何在棲息地生活的。