How many mammoths were there

Among the countless problems resulting from their antiquated interpretations of Genesis, young-Earth creationists YECs must explain how single pairs of animals supposedly seven or even seven pairs for "clean animals" depending on the translation could comfortably fit on the ark, and then repopulate the Earth and re-establish complex ecosystems within a few hundred or thousand years after the "Genesis Flood.

In response, an AiG spokesperson attempts to minimize the number of known mammoth remains:. There are fewer than 50 known woolly mammoth carcasses, only about a half-dozen of which were complete.

An estimated 50, tusks have been found, although there may have been a million mammoths living at one time. Obviously, the spokesperson believes that minimizing the number of mammoth remains will lower estimates for mammoth populations enough to somehow convince people that all mammoths could have originated from two to fourteen proboscidean ancestors that supposedly exited from the ark.

In another AiG article in Adobe Acrobat , Oard cites several references, which indicate that mammoths were once very abundant in much of North America and Eurasia. Oard concludes:. They live in tropical climates, but other species, living long ago, were more adapted to colder climates. These include the mammoths. Remains of mammoths have been found in Europe, Asia and North America. Three species of mammoths genus Mammuthus lived on the mainland of the United States at the end of the last Ice Age.

These were the Columbian mammoth Mammuthus columbi , Jefferson's mammoth Mammuthus jeffersonii and the woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. We know about many animals that lived in the past from fossil remains.

But with woolly mammoths, whole animals have been found. During the last Ice Age, mammoths died and were trapped in ice which preserved them. Some parts of the world are still cold and still hold the preserved mammoths. Why did certain animals become extinct?

Scientists do not know for sure, but they have a few theories as explained in this article from National Geographic. Mammoths are thought to have gone extinct about 11,—13, years ago. This is during what is called the late Pleistocene epoch. Take a look at this geological time scale. Follow the history of the earth from about million years ago to the present.

Don't forget to stop off at the Pleistocene Epoch. Follow a group of paleontologists as they travel to Wrangel Island in Siberia to hunt for mammoth bones and teeth. Mammoths survived on Wrangle Island longer than anywhere else earth.

Wrangel Island is a square-mile island in the Chukchi Sea off northeastern Siberia. In , construction crews working in Tolo Lake near Grangeville, Idaho, uncovered a large bone. It turned into the discovery of several mammoth fossils hidden in the lake bed. Mammoth Quick Facts Size — 9—14 feet 3. Weight — 6—10 tons. Hair — A fur coat in 2 layers, good for cold weather. The thick, long, shaggy outercoat was probably black.