Mammoths Survived the Cataclysm?
While research into the global cataclysm of roughly 10,000 years ago regularly mentions the extinction of mammoths, it appears that pockets of these giant creatures survived until more recent times.
The core [soil] samples revealed the local Alaskan fauna at the end of the last Ice Age. The oldest sediments, dated to about 11,000 years ago, contain remnant DNA of Arctic hare, bison, and moose; all three animals were also found in higher, more recent layers, as would be expected. But one core, deposited between 10,500 and 7,600 years ago, confirmed the presence of both mammoth and horse DNA.
The team also developed a statistical model to show that mammoth and horse populations would have dwindled to a few hundred individuals by 8,000 years ago.
The range of 7,600 to 10,500 years ago is substantially earlier than the orthodox extinction era of 12,000 years ago. But that date is tied to the faltering ideas of the mammoths suffering from over-hunting, disease or climate change. Some cataclysmic theories are for a more recent period, and consequently this new evidence could potentially be supportive of “alternative” research.
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The Mammouth extinct? I thought there were still mammoths or mammoth like creatures still around the North Pole area. I remember reading years ago from something by Admiral Byrd who reported sighting them over a radio broadcast while flying over the Pole area, in an area of valleys of greens and forests and rivers and 73 degrees. Weird. Yet it seems like as reputable a source as you can get, short of going there yourself. Not me, I prefer my wooly kitty in 73 degree temperature springtime sunny weather or floating in a balloon over beautiful Africa.