Scientists get inside woolly mammoth's 39,000 year old brain to understand behavior of the extinct species.

The superbly-preserved remains of Yuka were found in 2009 in the Siberian permafrost, but only recently have specialists begun to analyse her brain in a unique study.

Scientists disclosed that the remains are in such good conditions that a full-scale brain mapping exercise is underway which is expected to significantly boost our understanding of the woolly mammoth, a creature which scientists are separately planning to bring back to life using modern technology.

The initial findings were presented at the 73rd Symposium of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Los Angeles. 

Click here for more details and photos of the moment the brain was removed from Yuka's remains before the analysis began.