What is the woolly mammoth?
Q: What is the woolly mammoth?
A: The woolly mammoth was a species of mammoth, a large elephant that lived during the ice ages.
Q: Where can woolly mammoth remains be found?
A: Woolly mammoth remains can be found in northern North America and northern Eurasia, with the best preserved carcasses found in Siberia.
Q: When was the woolly mammoth species first recorded?
A: The woolly mammoth species was first recorded in deposits of a former glaciation in Eurasia, perhaps 150,000 years ago.
Q: Did the woolly mammoth coexist with early humans?
A: Yes, the woolly mammoth coexisted with early humans, who hunted them for food and used their bones and tusks as tools and dwellings.
Q: When did the woolly mammoth disappear from most of its range?
A: The woolly mammoth disappeared from most of its range at the end of the Pleistocene, which was around 10,000 years ago.
Q: Was there a dwarfed race of woolly mammoths that existed after the species disappeared from most of its range?
A: Yes, there was a dwarfed race of woolly mammoths that still lived on Wrangel Island until about 1700 BC.
Q: Have any cave paintings of woolly mammoths been found?
A: Yes, cave paintings of the woolly mammoth have been found in caves in France and Spain.
