7 Highlights

• 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub found in Siberian permafrost.
• Discovery made near Badyarikha River in northeast Yakutia, Russia, in 2020.
• • The cub is a Homotherium species from the Ice Age.
  • Researchers are amazed by the cub's fur, head, and limbs.
  • The body shows it was a three-week-old kitten.
  • Find shows important differences from modern lion cubs.
  • Research published in Scientific Reports by Russian scientists.