Environmental Reconstructions Reveal that Mammoths Survived on North America Until 5,000 Years Ago

In a recent investigation, samples from Alaska show that Woolly mammoths stood in North America for centuries longer than researchers initially assumed. According to a latest analysis, the hairy beasts may have survived from what is now Canada's Yukon about 5,000 years ago, which is about 5,000 years longer than specialists originally projected.