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To: Reily

See my comment #63. I went to Google, and AI gave me this summery whose listed sources did not transfer when I copied and then printed here.

AI Overview: “The last woolly mammoths on Earth died out on Wrangel Island—a remote Arctic island off Siberia—about 4,000 years ago (circa 2000 BCE). Regarding Flores Island, true mammoths never lived there; instead, it was home to distinct species of dwarf elephant relatives called Stegodon (Stegodon florensis insularis), which went extinct roughly 17,000 years ago.
—Northern Arctic Islands: Wrangel Island (Siberia): Last woolly mammoths died 4,000 years ago.
—St. Paul Island (Alaska): An isolated population died of thirst 5,600 years ago due to shrinking freshwater.
—Flores Island (Indonesia) False Premise Correction: No mammoths (Mammuthus) lived on Flores Island. [I said elephants in my comment.]
—Stegodon Extinction: Dwarf Stegodon florensis insularis (island-dwarfed elephant relatives) died out around 17,000 years ago, preceding modern human arrival.

If you want, I can share more details on: The cause of the Wrangel Island mammoth collapse, How island dwarfism affected the creatures on Flores”

On the Google page that provided this information, sources were also listed at the end of these varied statements, but did not carry over when I copied and printed here.


65 posted on 08/09/2026 8:27:06 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question Authority: report facts and post their 'links" in your messages.I)
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To: gleeaikin

No need i can look it up.


66 posted on 08/09/2026 8:32:52 AM PDT by Reily
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