Wooly Mammoths Were Alive At The Same Time They Built the Pyramids in Egypt
The majority of wooly mammoths died roughly 10,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age. But scientists discovered a small population of mammoths that were left alive on Wrangel Island in the Arctic. Around 500 to 1,000 wooly mammoths survived on this island until 1650 BC.
It is theorized that humans eventually hunted them to extinction. To put that into perspective of how recent this would be in human history, it’s 1,000 years after the Pyramid of Giza was built. With that being said, there are some scientists who find this too hard to believe, with some who argue that the carbon dating on the mammoths is incorrect.
