If mammoths went extinct 10,000 years ago, that means they were all dead. No more mammoths. But in the same sentence the author said some lived for 6,000 more years so they weren’t extinct until then. It’s like someone telling his doctor he’s eating healthily — except for the half gallon of ice cream he eats daily. The first phrase is immediately denied by the second.
I am trying to figure out whale bones fossilized in a location so they could be confused with mammoth bones.
/bad collection and classification of bones down by the sea shore after selling she shells?
I was referring to the article, not to your comment. It is hard to convey that in a post.