A baby mammoth that lay almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years in the now-melting permafrost of eastern Siberia has been unveiled by a team of scientists.The mammoth was a “unique research find” with scientists “all surprised by its exceptional preservation,

The findings are unique because the mammoth's head and trunk survived all these years. The trunk typically thaws first and is eaten by birds.

The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region