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woolly mammoth

noun

  1. a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.


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Origin of woolly mammoth1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Steppe mammoths were an ancestor of the woolly mammoth, and this site is believed to date back to around 220,000 years ago.

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They have identified preclinical candidates in the genomes of contemporary humans, extinct Neanderthals and Denisovans, woolly mammoths, and hundreds of other organisms.

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The fate of the woolly rhino tracks with what previous research suggests befell woolly mammoths and other giant animals at the end of the last ice age.

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When the biotechnology firm Colossal started in 2021, it set an eyebrow-raising goal: to genetically engineer elephants with hair and other traits found on extinct woolly mammoths.

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The long-term predictable presence of woolly mammoths would have attracted humans to the area.

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