Ancient tooth found near Old Crow, Yukon, belongs to earliest woolly mammoth in North America

Scientists have identified a tooth discovered near Old Crow, Yukon, in 2018 as belonging to the oldest known woolly mammoth in North America. This finding challenges the prevailing belief that mammoths migrated to North America from Siberia within the last 100,000 years. The analysis of mitochondrial DNA from the tooth has provided new insights into the migration patterns of these prehistoric creatures.

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