This Is (By Far) the Oldest Mammoth Ever Discovered in America — And We’re learning a Lot from It!

This Is (By Far) the Oldest Mammoth Ever Discovered in America — And We’re learning a Lot from It!

A major breakthrough in paleontology has shifted our understanding of the woolly mammoth’s presence in North America. A 216,000-year-old mammoth tooth, discovered along the Old Crow River in the Yukon Territory, Canada, is now recognized as the oldest woolly mammoth fossil ever found on the continent. A Startling Discovery in the Yukon The discovery of this ancient tooth is a game-changer in the study of mammoth history. For years, experts belie…

A major paleontological discovery has just stifled our knowledge of the arrival of woolly mammoths in North America. A tooth found in the Yukon, Canada, and 216,000 years old, imposes itself as the oldest ever discovered on the continent. This finding upsets the chronology accepted so far on the first [...]