Woolly Mammoth Timeline

The Palaeolithic (or Old Stone Age) period, ranging from c. 2,6 million years ago until c. 12,000 years ago.

The Pleistocene epoch, ranging from c. 2,6 million years ago until c. 12,000 years ago. It is characterised by repeated cycles of glacials and interglacials.

Woolly mammoths appear on the steppe-tundras of Eurasia and North America. .

From roughly this time onwards it becomes noticeable that woolly mammoth populations went into serious decline. .

The last known group of woolly mammoths die out on Wrangel Island, Siberia.