Experts spent the past four years analysing the body – which included not just bones but also its heart, lungs and stomach – but only carried out the long-awaited autopsy in April.
It took place at the Institute of Medicine within the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, and experts say the results will ‘greatly help’ the research of ancient dog species.
Indeed, the study could prove if the animal was an ancestor of modern-day domestic pets.
Story: Anna Liesowska, The Siberian Times | Photo: NEFU
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