On June 27th 2022, it was announced that a gold miner working in Canada had discovered the mummified remains of a baby Woolly Mammoth. The find was made Klondike gold fields, in the area of Eureka Creek, which is in Tr'ondek Hwech'in, which is a First Nation area of Canada's Yukon Territory. First Nation Elders have name the find Nun cho ga, which means "Big Baby Animal," in the Han Language.
Palaeontologists for thew Yukon Territory described tha carcus as being a well preserved baby female. The remains has a tiny trunk, tail, and ears, with much of her skin and hair intact. After carefull examination, she has been determined to have been one month old when she died. The Yukon goverment and Tr'ondek Hwech'in have agreed to work together to learn more about Nun cho ga.
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