How Did Woolly Mammoths Work?

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Science, Technology, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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These cold-adapted cousins of modern elephants coexisted with humans for thousands of years. Learn what we know (and don't know) about them -- and why we shouldn't bring them back -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/extinct-animals/woolly-mammoth.htm

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