Hacker News with Generative AI: Siberia

Early Iron Age horse sacrifice at a royal tomb in southern Siberia (cambridge.org)
Horses began to feature prominently in funerary contexts in southern Siberia in the mid-second millennium BC, yet little is known about the use of these animals prior to the emergence of vibrant horse-riding groups in the first millennium BC.
Archaeology, History, Siberia, Horses, Funerary Practices
5 points by senderista 6 days ago | 2 comments
Scientists unveil 50k-year-old baby mammoth remains (bbc.co.uk)
Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of Siberia during the summer.
Paleontology, Siberia, Mammoths, Climate Change
3 points by ljf 25 days ago | 0 comments
Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost (rte.ie)
Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.
Paleontology, Siberia, Mammoths, Permafrost, Climate Change
3 points by Anthony-G 25 days ago | 0 comments
Mummy of juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from Upper Pleistocene (nature.com)
The frozen mummy of the large felid cub was found in the Upper Pleistocene permafrost on the Badyarikha River (Indigirka River basin) in the northeast of Yakutia, Russia.
Paleontology, Pleistocene, Siberia, Extinction, Ancient Animals
55 points by bryanrasmussen 55 days ago | 23 comments
35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten pulled from permafrost in Siberia (livescience.com)
Paleontology, Siberia, Ancient Animals, Discovery
3 points by gmays 59 days ago | 0 comments
Siberian Exile in Tsarist Russia (historytoday.com)
Russia’s huge Asiatic hinterland of Siberia has always figured in the Western popular imagination as a limitless frozen wilderness, a place of punishment and exile for the unfortunate victims of Tsarist and Soviet authorities.
Russia, History, Siberia, Tsarist Russia
11 points by Thevet 60 days ago | 6 comments
28.000 Year Old Immaculate Saber-Tooth Cat Cub Found in Siberian Permafrost (gizmodo.com)
Discovered several years ago, this remarkably preserved saber-tooth cub is offering a rare glimpse into its species and life as it existed over 30,000 years ago.
Paleontology, Siberia, Archaeology, Pleistocene Era, Extinction
7 points by hochmartinez 63 days ago | 0 comments
Mummified Sabretooth Cub Discovered in Siberia (nature.com)
The frozen mummy of the large felid cub was found in the Upper Pleistocene permafrost on the Badyarikha River (Indigirka River basin) in the northeast of Yakutia, Russia.
Paleontology, Siberia, Pleistocene, Extinct Animals, Arctic
10 points by deeel 64 days ago | 1 comments
How We Shower and Do Laundry at -71°C (-95°F) in Yakutia, Siberia [video] (youtube.com)
Siberia, Yakutia, Extreme Environments, Weather, Video
26 points by lisper 201 days ago | 11 comments
Siberia's 'mammoth graveyard' reveals 800-year human interactions with mammoths (phys.org)
Siberia, Paleontology, Archaeology, Mammoths, Human History
144 points by wglb 221 days ago | 57 comments