Mammoth Bones Over 100,000 Years Old Found By Fishing Girl

Russia has long been a treasure trove of fossilized mammoth bones, especially in Siberia, where the extreme temperatures have resulted in more than a few mummified mammoths.

One mammoth mummy of note was a calf—named Lyuba by scientists—discovered on the Yamal Peninsula back in 2007.

Meanwhile, the bison vertebra Maryam found is likely from a Bison priscus or steppe bison, which was found in Europe, Asia, and North America in abundance during the Pleistocene epoch—2.6 million to 11,700 years ago. The steppe bison is an ancestor of the modern European and American bison that exist today.