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'Lake Baikal: the very name fills Russian hearts with awe'
Mike Carter, The Observer

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

7,000 underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' in Arctic

Porcupines lived in Siberia until 30,000 years ago, shows new research

Meet Siberia's new snow sheep, a 'super-climber' with a taste for eating coal

Remains of extinct 'zebra-like horse' found at Denisova cave, home of ancient man

Tattooed owners of the world's oldest carpets get health check after 2,200 years

Still sharp after 34 million years: prehistoric shark teeth found in Siberian river

Beautiful and mysterious: but was Lake Cheko formed from the exploding Tunguska meteorite?

Depressed? Siberian scientists have figured out the gene combinations to blame

New weird landforms appear due to thawing permafrost on Yamal peninsula

Pioneering new through wall imaging system interests National Guard

The remains of an 8,000 year old lunch: an extinct steppe bison's tail

Extinct tigers, dogs, deer and bison to join woolly mammoths being cloned back to life

Stash of Sun King's valuables found close to Arctic in Siberia

Siberian scientists develop laser scanner to detect minuscule traces of explosives

Burial site of Siberian Robin Hood unearthed in Altai Republic 

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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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