TruthSeeker2013 Posted September 16, 2013 Author Posted September 16, 2013 You are correct.The Wrangel Island (Siberia) extinction of dwarf mammoths took place probably not long after 1650 B.C. For that is the latest Carbon 14 date we have for mammoths there. We have a similar pygmy mammoth extinction situation on St Paul Island (Alaska), where the latest date is ca. 3725 B.C. See Erik, et al., in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 273/1-2 (Mar 1, 2009), 184-190, online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018208006743 , and http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/elsevier/phylogeographic-analysis-of-the-mid-holocene-mammoth-from-qagnax-cave-Y3DAJvek0W (cf. http://alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1663 ).We do not actually know when the last mammoth died on those islands, nor in the central Yukon area which I also cited as examples of those rare places where we can find fossils or other DNA evidence. Anyone wanting to see what these beasts looked like and the context from which they came, ought to visit the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Since the range of the Columbian mammoth covered most of North America down into Mesoamerica, we ought to be interested in the likelihood that isolated populations could have hung on or have been domesticated in some areas (as they were in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia).Dwarf elephants once existed on Cyprus, Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, and some Aegean Islands. Some are still living in Borneo.Great info, thanks Robert!
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