Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Chapter 33, Problem 1WIO
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The difference between the wooly mammoths and the present-day elephant, the former is considered an ancestor of the latter despite living in tundras.
Introduction:
The species of the woolly mammoth is extinct. Scientists have determined that the woolly mammoth and contemporary elephants are related. A few thousand years ago, they started to separate. Scientists have determined that mammoths died out about 4,000 years ago.
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