How long ago a species went extinct has nothing to do with DNA it’s all to do with adaptability. When the ice age came to an end mammoths couldn’t adapt to the new environment and went extinct. Just like how Neanderthals went extinct but we share more DNA with them than chimps or bonobos.
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Reply to How do we have more woolly mammoth DNA than dodo DNA if woolly mammoths died off thousands of years ago and dodos only died off a few hundred? by Memer9456
How long ago a species went extinct has nothing to do with DNA it’s all to do with adaptability. When the ice age came to an end mammoths couldn’t adapt to the new environment and went extinct. Just like how Neanderthals went extinct but we share more DNA with them than chimps or bonobos.