Skip to main content
Holiday Sale — Get 40% off Vantage for yourself or as a gift
Published loading...Updated

Scientists Thought They’d Found the Youngest Mammoth Ever, But A DNA Test Told a Different Story

Summary by The Daily Galaxy
A pair of fossils once thought to be the youngest woolly mammoth remains ever found in Alaska have turned out to be something entirely different: whale bones. What seemed like a groundbreaking discovery about the extinction of mammoths has instead become a puzzling case of mistaken identity in the world of paleontology. Radiocarbon dating revealed the bones were much younger than expected, and not from a mammoth at all. The bones, discovered in …
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.Cross Cancel Icon

Bias Distribution

  • There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

The Daily Galaxy broke the news in on Monday, December 22, 2025.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)
News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal