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woolly mammoth

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noun

a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.

Etymology

Origin of woolly mammoth

First recorded in 1965–70

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The company’s other de-extinction hopes include reviving the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

It has publicised its efforts to use similar cutting edge genetic techniques to bring back extinct animals including the woolly mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

But in the meantime, the bizarre case reminds me of something else: the well-publicized and often-lauded project to recreate a woolly mammoth, undertaken by a private biotech company called Colossal Biosciences.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024

Scientists have written the biography of a 14,000-year-old female woolly mammoth by analyzing the chemicals in her tusk.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

That expansion may have been responsible for the extinction of Eurasia’s woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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