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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

America first populated in 'a single wave of migration from Siberia' no more than 23,000 years ago

Scientists believe they have discovered full skeleton of world's largest-ever elephant

'Mummy of a child warrior from 'lost medieval civilisation' unearthed near Arctic'

Solved? How scientists say mystery craters were formed in northern Siberia

An excess of 'useless' information weakens the immune system, 'making people prone to cancer'

Ancient 'mummy' unearthed from 'lost medieval civilisation' near Arctic, claim scientists

Metal of the future to be produced in Siberia

Secrets of the universe to be sought from deep under Lake Baikal

New North Pole expeditions to be funded by Russian government

Mammoth could be brought back to life in Siberian reserve

Oil workers make mammoth find

Hello to the Sibirosaurus? New dinosaur discovered by university scientists

First attempt fails to extract nucleus from woolly mammoth cell for cloning

Scientists start extracting DNA from woolly mammoth found in permafrost

Siberian university named in prestigious list of Top 100 in the world

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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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