Wrangel Island

Woolly Mammoths Extinction Mystery: New Study Offers Fresh Insights Into the Extinction Of The Species on Wrangel Island

The woolly mammoth, a defining creature of the Ice Age, faced its final days on Wrangel Island, situated off the coast of present-day Siberia, around 4,000 years ago. For many years, scientists believed that the isolation of this last mammoth population led to genetic inbreeding, which was thought to be...