The 42,000-year-old mammoth appeared for the first time

The Mammoth Elephant named Lyuba, after 42,000 years of being buried in mud, first appeared in the US public at The Field Museum, Chicago state.

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According to scientists, Lyuba is a mammoth who lived in the Ice Age, 42,000 years ago. Lyuba was discovered by a reindeer shepherd living in the Yamal-Nenet autonomous region, northern Siberia, Russia. This mammoth elephant was then named after the reindeer's wife.

Scientists on the corpse of the mammoth Lyuba. (Vietnamnet photo)

Lyuba was preserved in its original state thanks to being deep in the ice for thousands of years. In addition, the surface of Lyuba is protected by a type of lactic acid produced by natural bacteria.

Scientists believe the elephant was 1 month old when suffocated by falling to a swamp near a river. Lyuba is 1.14m long and weighs 42kg. As an adult, Lyuba can be 2.4 meters tall and weighs 3 to 4 tons.

Scientists from the Department of Paleontology, University of Michigan conducted tomography and magnetic resonance as well as DNA analysis for Lyuba.

In addition, Lyuba's stomach analyzes also detected the mother's milk. The substances that remain in ivory, chewing teeth also provide accurate information about the elephant's diet, environment and health.

Lyuba is said to be the only intact specimen of a mammoth from the Ice Age. Scientists evaluate the elephant Lyuba has great value for science in the study of human history, the history of Earth's climate systems as well as climate change over time.