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Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction?
The Raw Story· 1 day agoThis is the story of how multiple generations of scientists collaborated to decipher the genome of...
Research reveals how inbred woolly mammoths survived for 6,000 years | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41...
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 2 days agoNow a new genomic analysis has revealed that the isolated mammoths, who lived on the island for the...
DNA from mammoth remains reveals the history of the last surviving population
Ars Technica· 4 hours agoA small group of woolly mammoths became trapped on Wrangel Island around 10,000 years ago when...
Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction – study
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAccording to the study, the mammoths’ genomes showed signs of inbreeding and low genetic diversity...
What Killed the Last Woolly Mammoths? Scientists Say It Wasn't Inbreeding
Smithsonian Magazine· 20 hours agoRoughly 10,000 years ago, a small group of woolly mammoths found themselves stuck on an island off...
The last woolly mammoths on Earth died from bad luck, not inbreeding
New Scientist· 2 days agoAround 10,000 years ago, a handful of woolly mammoths found themselves stranded on an island in the...
How the last mammoths went extinct
The Economist· 2 days agoThe woolly mammoths of Wrangel island were survivors. Trapped on a hunk of rock in the Arctic Ocean after rising sea levels cut them off from present-day...
Genome study deepens mystery of what doomed Earth's last mammoths
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe study offers the fullest account to date of the inbreeding, deleterious mutations and low...
Amid roadkill epidemic, California builds world’s largest wildlife bridge
The Bulletin· 2 days agoThe 10-lane freeway that slices through this part of Southern California is one of the busiest in...
The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths
New York Times· 2 days agoThe species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities....
