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. 2022 Dec;612(7938):E1-E3.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05416-3. Epub 2022 Nov 30.

When did mammoths go extinct?

Joshua H Miller  1 , Carl Simpson  2
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When did mammoths go extinct?

Joshua H Miller et al. Nature. 2022 Dec.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Duration of exposed bone persistence on landscapes as a function of the bone location’s MAT.
Persistence estimates (regressions and their 95% confidence intervals) are shown for bones that have probably remained at least partially exposed for their entire post-mortem history (never buried; filled points, solid lines, R2 = 0.94, P < 0.01) and bones that were found exposed, but have more ambiguous post-mortem histories (potentially never buried; open circles, dashed lines, R2 = 0.95, P < 0.01). For locations with more limited sampling, the same bones were used for both regressions (filled points surrounded by open circles). The most recent mammoth bone found exposed on Wrangel Island is shown (red diamond), but is not included in the regressions. Error bars are 2σ and generally smaller than the points.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Time series of mammoth body fossils and eDNA records.
Body fossils (black points) and eDNA (grey points) are illustrated separately. The 95% confidence intervals for mammoth extinctions are estimated separately for fossil and eDNA records in each region (red horizontal lines; vertical line is mean extinction estimate using eDNA records). Predicted persistence of mammoth bones for each region extends from the median of the bone-informed extinction estimate. Thick grey horizontal lines, mean prediction based on never buried bones; medium grey horizontal lines, upper 95% confidence interval based on never buried bones; thin grey horizontal lines, upper 95% confidence interval for potentially never buried bones. LGM, last glacial maximum; BA, Bølling Allerød; YD, Younger Dryas.
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  • Reply to: When did mammoths go extinct?
    Wang Y, Prohaska A, Dong H, Alberti A, Alsos IG, Beilman DW, Bjørk AA, Cao J, Cherezova AA, Coissac E, De Sanctis B, Denoeud F, Dockter C, Durbin R, Edwards ME, Edwards NR, Esdale J, Fedorov GB, Fernandez-Guerra A, Froese DG, Gusarova G, Haile J, Holden PB, Kjeldsen KK, Kjær KH, Korneliussen TS, Lammers Y, Larsen NK, Macleod R, Mangerud J, McColl H, Merkel MKF, Money D, Möller P, Nogués-Bravo D, Orlando L, Owens HL, Pedersen MW, Racimo F, Rahbek C, Rasic JT, Rouillard A, Ruter AH, Skadhauge B, Svendsen JI, Tikhonov A, Vinner L, Wincker P, Xing Y, Zhang Y, Meltzer DJ, Willerslev E. Wang Y, et al. Nature. 2022 Dec;612(7938):E4-E6. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05417-2. Nature. 2022. PMID: 36450908 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics.
    Wang Y, Pedersen MW, Alsos IG, De Sanctis B, Racimo F, Prohaska A, Coissac E, Owens HL, Merkel MKF, Fernandez-Guerra A, Rouillard A, Lammers Y, Alberti A, Denoeud F, Money D, Ruter AH, McColl H, Larsen NK, Cherezova AA, Edwards ME, Fedorov GB, Haile J, Orlando L, Vinner L, Korneliussen TS, Beilman DW, Bjørk AA, Cao J, Dockter C, Esdale J, Gusarova G, Kjeldsen KK, Mangerud J, Rasic JT, Skadhauge B, Svendsen JI, Tikhonov A, Wincker P, Xing Y, Zhang Y, Froese DG, Rahbek C, Bravo DN, Holden PB, Edwards NR, Durbin R, Meltzer DJ, Kjær KH, Möller P, Willerslev E. Wang Y, et al. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7887):86-92. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04016-x. Epub 2021 Oct 20. Nature. 2021. PMID: 34671161 Free PMC article.

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