Ancient Foal Frozen in Time: Secrets of a 40,000-Year-Old Extinct Horse Uncovered
Imagine stumbling upon a three-month-old foal perfectly preserved for 40,000 years in the icy grip of Siberian permafrost — mane, tail, hooves, and even internal organs untouched by time’s usual wear and tear. Sounds like something straight out of a prehistoric fairy tale, right? But nope, this is reality, and it’s a find that’s sending ripples through the scientific community. Unearthed from the infamous “Mouth of Hell” in Yakutia’s Batagai depression, this tiny Equus lenesis — aka the extinct Lena horse — isn’t just a specimen; it’s a time capsule brimming with secrets about the late Pleistocene world. Makes you wonder — what stories could this little guy tell us if he could talk? Curious to dive deeper into this frosty enigma? LEARN MORE.
This discovery is the first of its kind, with a perfectly preserved 3-month horse of a now-extinct species in the Siberian permafrost.
Michil Yakoklev/North-Eastern Federal UniversityFull body shot of ancient horse found in Siberia.
The remains of a now-extinct species of horse have been unearthed in the Siberian Permafrost. Semyon Grigoryev, the head of the Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk, told the Siberian Times that this discovery is unlike any other.
This horse was said to have been “completely preserved by permafrost” and was found buried 30 meters underground in the Batagi depression in the Yakutia region of Siberia.
The foal was discovered by a team of scientists from North-Eastern Federal and Kindai Universities in Japan while on an expedition to the Verjhoyansky district of Yakutia. The horse was just three months old when it died during the late Palaeolithic period, approximately 40,000-years-ago.
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