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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