We have a few mammoth samples that are around 4,100 years old, Dehasque said.
Extinction sometimes happens slowly, but then all at once.
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A paleoart illustration of the last living mammoth.Illustration: Beth Zaiken
Turns out, they were the remains of three mammoths from the Stone Age.
A mammoth tusk sticking out of the ground on Wrangel Island.Photo: Love Dalén
A mammoth tusk on Wrangel Island.Photo: Love Dalén
