The remains of a wooly mammoth called Yuka that died around 39,000 years ago are now on view at the Central House of Artist in Moscow. This young six year-old female mammoth was exhumed from northern Yakutia, Russia near the Barents Sea.

The mammoth was apparently killed by early human hunters based on body evidence. This suggests Homo sapiens occupied the region earlier than archaeologists had previously thought.

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This evidence also provides more clues about how distant ancestors regularly hunted these giant elephant relatives.

According to Albert Protopopov from the Yakutia Academy of Sciences, the human sites for Yakutia tribesmen are about 32,000 years old but this mammoth is 38,000 years old, or a bit older.

Wooly mammoths stood around 10 feet tall and weighed some 6.6 tons. They were about the size of an African elephant.

Mammuthus primigenius is one of several types of mammoths and is the most common. Another type of mammoth called Mammuthus sungari weighs twice as much.

Early humans used mammoth bones and tusks for their cave art and to fashion tools for everyday use. These wooly mammoths became extinct some 10,000 years ago from hunting and changing global temperatures leading to warmer climates.

Researchers believe a small number of these mammoths survived for a short period in the far reaches of Alaska and Siberia. These mammoths who survived appeared different from most, with shorter ears, tails and tusks that can grow up to 15 feet long.

Scientists decoded the genetic makeup of these mammoths from their frozen remains. It's theoretically possible to bring extinct species such as the dodo bird and passenger pigeon back to life.

DNA from any living creature decays over time and scientists face a bigger challenge trying to decode DNA data from frozen remains to make wooly mammoths live again.

Yuka is one of the best preserved specimens scientists study. Her wool and brain are almost intact.

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