Scientists Refute the Age of the Find in Alaska: Whose Bones Are They Really?.

According to ТСН: Scientists have discovered that bones once thought to belong to a woolly mammoth actually belong to a completely different animal.

The research is based on a discovery made in 1951 by archaeologist Otto Geist. He found two epiphyseal plates of a spine during an expedition in Alaska, in an area known as Beringia. Geist suggested that these finds might have belonged to a mammoth.

The bones were transferred to the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska, where they were stored for over 70 years. Recent radiocarbon analysis of the fossils revealed that they are actually 2000-3000 years old, which is too young for mammoths, which are believed to have gone extinct around 13 thousand years ago, although some isolated populations may have existed up to four thousand years ago.

Importance of the Research

Experts specializing in mammoths and whales believe that without ancient DNA analysis, it is impossible to accurately identify samples based only on their appearance.

It is also worth noting that a resident of Düsseldorf recently found a perfectly preserved molar of a mammoth, estimated to be around 15 thousand years old, and documented the find in a photo.

These new data reveal important aspects of our understanding of ancient species. DNA analysis can help scientists more accurately study how changes in climate and ecosystems affected the evolution of animals such as mammoths. The discovery of such finds allows us to reassess our history and interaction with the diversity of life on Earth.