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When did the woolly mammoth go extinct on the mainland?

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Quick Answer

Woolly mammoths disappeared from most mainland regions around 10,000 years ago.

The Full Story

Woolly mammoths vanished from mainland Eurasia and North America near the end of the last Ice Age, about 10,000 years ago. Climate warming changed their steppe-tundra habitat, and human hunting may also have contributed. Small populations survived much longer on isolated islands, showing the species did not disappear everywhere at once. The last known populations lived thousands of years after the mainland extinction.

Key Facts

1.around 10,000 years ago on the mainland
2.end of the last Ice Age
3.island populations survived much longer

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