Mammoths may have gone extinct much earlier than DNA suggests
When mammoths and other large Ice Age creatures like woolly rhinos died out remains a mystery
According to DNA evidence, woolly mammoths survived in north-central Siberia for thousands of years longer than could be established from fossil finds. A new study argues that long-lasting preservation of remains in frigid environments can skew the results by thousands of years.
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