The last woolly mammoths in Siberia
weren’t Siberian — they were North American, researchers report in the Sept. 9 Current Biology.
BURLY BEAST A new genetic analysis shows that woolly mammoths roamed in several, genetically distinct groups. Of two groups that coexisted in Siberia, one was actually North American in origin.
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