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Genetic twist in the tale of the last woolly mammoths

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About 10,000 years ago, a small population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia. This isolation was the result of sea level rise, a phenomenon that is well known today. Within just two generations, the woolly mammoth population on Wrangel Island exploded from just eight individuals to as many … Read more

Scientists drop extinction bomb, claim freak event killed last woolly mammoths

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Woolly mammoths roamed the Ice Age tundras of North America, Europe and Asia as early as 300,000 years ago. They later became extinct approximately 4,000 years ago on an isolated island off the coast of Siberia in the Arctic Ocean.

Scientists behind a new genomic study now claim that the last woolly mammoths on Earth were wiped out by an extreme storm or a plague – meaning that if an extinction event hadn’t happened, they could still be around to date. These giant Ice Age beasts roamed the then tundras of North America, Europe and … Read more