THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

Mammoths came, saw, returned to Old World

CONTINENTAL VOYAGE - A report based on one of the largest studies of mammoth DNA suggests that mammoths trekked back to the Old World, where they became dominant. CONTINENTAL VOYAGE - A report based on one of the largest studies of mammoth DNA suggests that mammoths trekked back to the Old World, where they became dominant. (REUTERS (left) and ISTOCK.COM)
By Colin Nickerson
Globe Correspondent / September 15, 2008

E-mail this article

Invalid E-mail address
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

Text size +

The last of the wooly mammoths was a red-blooded North American - a genetically improved comeback kid from the New World - not the Siberian homebody of conventional paleontological theory, according to new research. (Full article: 815 words)

This article is available in our archives:

Globe Subscribers

FREE for subscribers

Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Non-Subscribers

Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More

  • $4.95 1 article
  • $9.95 4 articles
  • $25.95 Monthly