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Famous ​Siberian cave yields remains of ‌yak-like Ice Age mammal

A Siberian cave already famous for yielding the ‌first remains of an extinct ‌human lineage called the Denisovans, who once roamed widely in Eurasia, has ⁠now ​produced ⁠evidence of a previously unknown large Ice ⁠Age mammal closely related to today's ​yak. Researchers said they discovered small ⁠bone fragments of the animal in ⁠Denisova ​Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia in ⁠Russia, and obtained DNA that ⁠showed these ⁠remains belonged to a bovine species distinct from ‌others already ‌known, living ​and extinct.