Until approximately how long ago did the final isolated woolly mammoth population on Wrangel Island persist?
Answer
4,000 years ago
While the majority of the woolly mammoth population disappeared across most of its range around 10,000 years ago coinciding with the end of the Ice Age, certain small, isolated groups managed to survive significantly longer in protected refugia. Specifically, the very last known population of woolly mammoths was located on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean. This final remnant managed to persist until approximately 4,000 years ago. This survival date is notable because it places the extinction of this specific population well into the time frame when early human civilization was already established elsewhere on the globe.
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