First pictures of remains at least 10,000 years old found in Siberia's Sakha Republic.
But then Siberia also has no less than SEVEN real Santa figures, and you can meet them all here.
One region has shot 58 ravaging brown bears this year because they intrude too close to settlements, destroying livestock.
A ten year old boy was ambushed by wild animals close to Lake Yessey in Krasnoyarsk region.
Seasonal greetings from the east of Russia where there are no less than seven different Father Christmas figures to bring joy to children in winter.
In a remote ice cave in Siberia, three legendary white-bearded figures hold an unexpected conclave.
Boy killed 'after lethal infection 'awoke' in human graveyard due to unprecedented heat wave'.
Wrapped in reindeer hide and fur, the 6-to-7 year old was protected by a child-sized bronze axe and bear's pendant.
Grandfather Egor Tarasov's 'miraculous' survival story of 42 days alone in the tundra with polar and brown bears, and wolves.
Foreigners should be invited to pay $10,000 per animal in novel way to fund cull needed to save reindeer and horses.