Analysis Of The Columbian Mammoth

The Columbian mammoth weighed 11 tons, during the last ice age, it was known for traveling through North America. New studies show that the Columbian mammoth might be from the same species as the Eurasian steppe mammoth. This new study shows that these two mammoths were both once the Eurasian steppe mammoth instead of being ancestors. The steppe mammoth had more adaptations to living in the cold weather. Mammoths first started roaming this earth about 3 million years ago. When mammoths reached Eurasia at first, they were known as the warm-climate kind of elephant species that still lived in the forest.

Fossil records support the idea that the Columbian mammoth and Eurasian steppe mammoth were once Eurasian steppe mammoth. These records