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World’s northernmost Palaeolithic settlement found on Kotelny island in the Arctic

Ancient hunters butchered woolly mammoths at Taba-Yuryakh site some 26,000 years ago.

So who made these amazing ancient artefacts - prehistoric Homo sapiens or Denisovans?

Sledding dogs are far older than previously thought, enabling man to hunt hibernating polar bears

Cute first pictures of new 50,000 year old cave lion cub found perfectly preserved in permafrost

EXCLUSIVE: Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to clone the woolly mammoth

Archeologists find ancient mummy approximately 1,500 years old in Mongolia

7,000 underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' in Arctic

Boy, 11, finds ‘1,000 year old message’ written in runes on pendant made of mammoth bone

Unique in palaeontology: Liquid blood found inside a prehistoric 42,000 year old foal

World's oldest needle found in Siberian cave that stitches together human history

Dozens of new craters suspected in northern Russia

Exclusive new pictures INSIDE Siberian crater

Now two NEW large holes appear in Siberia

WORLD EXCLUSIVE - Meet this extinct cave lion, at least 10,000 years old

Exclusive: The first pictures of blood from a 10,000 year old Siberian woolly mammoth

First pictures from inside the 'crater at the end of the world'

Still snarling after 40,000 years, a giant Pleistocene wolf discovered in Yakutia

Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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Lifelike face of a tattooed Tashtyk man seen for first time behind a stunning gypsum death mask

Aged 25 to 30 when he died 1,700 years ago, he is from the mountainous region of modern-day Khakassia.

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Alfresco art gallery ‘shows woolly mammoths and rhinos depicted by our ancestors 15,000 years ago’

Petroglyphs some 7,000 years older than earlier thought with ancients artists using same style in Siberia and Mongolia.

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Mystery of unique 2,100-year-old human clay head - with a ram’s skull inside

Modern fluoroscopy identifies sheep bones inside the Tagar culture death mask.

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Neanderthals made two epic invasions of Siberia, says new study

Cold-defying conquests traced to 120,000 years ago when they crossbred with Denisovans, and 60,000 years ago when they collected sparkling crystals.

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Giant sauropods lived in polar conditions in world’s coldest region, say scientists

Evidence of the dinosaurs found at Teete locality in Yakutia, just 450 km south of the Arctic Circle.

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Russian birch trees are ‘climbing mountains’ due to climate change

Forests on the march thanks to global warming, says new research by Krasnoyarsk Science Centre.

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Sent to Siberia

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Voice of Siberia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

We say

Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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