Specimens of steppe mammoths provide important insights into giant Ice Age mammals(1/3)

This handout illustration obtained on February 17, 2021 by Nature magazine, represents a reconstruction of the steppe mammoths that preceded the woolly mammoth, based on the genetic knowledge we now have from the Adycha mammoth. Researchers said the three specimens, one roughly 800,000 years old and two over a million years old, provide important insights into the giant Ice Age mammals, including the ancient heritage of the woolly mammoth. (Photo/Agencies)

This handout picture obtained on February 17, 2021 by Nature magazine shows a Woolly mammoth tusk emerging from permafrost on central Wrangel Island, located in northeastern Siberia. Researchers said the three specimens, one roughly 800,000 years old and two over a million years old, provide important insights into the giant Ice Age mammals, including the ancient heritage of the woolly mammoth. (Photo/Agencies)

This handout picture obtained on February 17, 2021 by Nature magazine shows a tusk from a woolly mammoth discovered in a creek bed on Wrangel Island in 2017. Researchers said the three specimens, one roughly 800,000 years old and two over a million years old, provide important insights into the giant Ice Age mammals, including the ancient heritage of the woolly mammoth. (Photo/Agencies)