Re: Bringing Back Mammoths (was Dinosaur Mating Displays)

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Quoting Raptorial Talon <raptorialtalon@gmail.com>:

> That said, being able to study a living, behaving member of a species
> that was extinct before written records has to be considered a major
> scientific opportunity.

Technically speaking, mammoths survived well into recorded history. The 
youngest known 
mammoth remains were found on Wrangel Island, and may be as recent as 3700 
years old.

Of course it's likely there was no-one around to see them and write about them.

http://packrat.aml.arizona.edu/Journal/v37n1/vartanyan.html

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist              http://geo_cities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia             http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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