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Wrangel Island’s Woolly Mammoth Population was Demographically Stable Up Until Its Extinction


Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) became isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia around 10,000 years ago and persisted for over 200

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