Re: Bringing Back Mammoths (was Dinosaur Mating Displays)

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

Quoting Adam Crowl <adam@crowlspace.com>:

> They were dwarf mammoths on Wrangel Island, so technically they didn't 
> survive unchanged.

Nothing ever does... ;-)

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dann Pigdon" <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
> To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Bringing Back Mammoths (was Dinosaur Mating Displays)
> 
> 
> > 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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