Schoolgirl finds the world's oldest lemming preserved in permafrost and dating back 41,000 years

[Judi Lynn]

By The Siberian Times reporter28 December 2019
Angelina Sadovnikova, then 11, came across the mummified Pleistocene rodent in a cavity left by woolly mammoth tusk diggers.

The girl, now 14, was with her mother when she made the frozen find on the shore of Tirekhtyakh River close to the Arctic Circle in the Yakutia region of Siberia, say scientists.

She took the preserved lemming to local historian and archaeologist Prokopyi Nogovitsyn who in turn alerted biologist professors Nikita Solomonov and Vyacheslav Rozhnov.

Angelina is shown in the picture with the two academicians.

The Ice Age lemming discovery was immediately moved to Moscow for detailed study.



Angelina Sadovnikova (second from the left) with professors Nikita Solomonov (first from the left) and Vyacheslav Rozhnov (first from the right). Picture: Prokopyi Nogovitsyn

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[Bayard]

1. Cool hat!

Glad she is being credited for her discovery.