I'm not sure the Russians would be happy that their iconic wooly mammoth has North American origins.
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Scientists have always thought that because mammoths roamed such a huge territory - from Western Europe to Central North America - that North American woolly mammoths were a sideshow of no particular significance to the evolution of the species.
The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian.
It turns out that there are swaths of habitat in the north of Siberia and Yukon that actually could house a mammoth. Remember, this was a highly plastic animal that lived over tremendous climate variation.
If we brought the mammoth back to Siberia, maybe that would be good for the ecosystems that are changing because of climate change.
It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America.
The mammoth was basically done in by climate change. The last ones survived on Wrangel Island, north of Chukotka, until 3,700 years ago. According to Eveny mythology, mammoths scooped up dirt with their tusks to form the first dry land.
Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America.
Most of the food imported to Russia came from China.
Siberia is a state of mind.
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
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