科学家展示在西伯利亚保存了5万年的猛犸象宝宝
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Researchers in Russia's Siberia area are showing the public what they say are the 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth.
俄罗斯西伯利亚地区的研究人员向公众展示了一具他们所称的5万年前的猛犸象幼崽遗骸。
Melting permafrost led to the animal’s discovery.
永久冻土融化促成了这只动物的发现。
They are calling it the best-preserved mammoth body ever found.
他们称这是迄今为止发现保存最完好的猛犸象遗体。
Named Yana by the scientists, the female mammoth weighs more than 100 kilograms and is 120 centimeters tall.
这头被科学家命名为“雅娜”的雌性猛犸象体重超过100公斤，身高120厘米。
Scientists believe that Yana was one year old when she died.
科学家们认为雅娜死时只有一岁。
Her remains are among several mammoth carcasses that have been recovered.
她的遗骸是已发现的几具猛犸象尸体之一。
Yana was found among the melting permafrost at Batagaika crater in the far-eastern Russian area of Yakutia.
雅娜是在俄罗斯远东雅库特地区的巴塔盖卡火山口融化的永久冻土中被发现的。
Known as the “gateway to the underworld,” scientists have found remains of other ancient animals there, including bison, horses and dogs.
这里被称为“通往冥界之门”，科学家们在此发现了其他古代动物的遗骸，包括野牛、马和狗。
Permafrost is soil that remains frozen for a period of years or more.
永久冻土是指持续冻结数年或更长时间的土壤。
As the permafrost in Siberia melts, discoveries of prehistoric animals are becoming more common.
随着西伯利亚的永久冻土融化，史前动物的发现变得越来越常见。
Scientists at Russia's North-Eastern Federal University will study Yana’s remains.
俄罗斯东北联邦大学的科学家将对雅娜的遗骸进行研究。
The university has a research center and museum specifically for mammoths.
这所大学拥有专门研究猛犸象的研究中心和博物馆。
Scientists at the university described the find as “exceptional.”
该大学的科学家称这一发现“非同寻常”。
They said Yana would give researchers additional information about how mammoths lived and how they changed to survive in their surroundings.
他们说，雅娜将为研究人员提供更多信息，揭示猛犸象的生活方式以及它们如何为了在环境中生存而发生变化。
I’m Anna Matteo.
我是安娜·马特奥。
The Associated Press reported this story.
美联社报道了这一事件。
Anna Matteo adapted it for VOA Learning English.
安娜·马特奥为VOA英语学习频道改编了此内容。
