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Mammoths began to die out around 12,000 years ago, and were extinct in most of the world by 10,000 years ago. However, small populations of pygmy woolly mammoths survived on various islands. The last of these lived on Wrangel Island until around 2000 BC, or 4,000 years ago.

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When the dinosaurs were extinguished a few of them survived. While the earth's life get growing back the dinosaurs evolved to different kinds of species and the mammoth is one of them. So it first appeared in the beginning of the Cenozoic era.

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A long, long, long, long, long, long time ago my friend

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