Woolly mammoths lived alongside pyramid builders

Imagine woolly mammoths roaming while the Great Pyramid of Giza was under construction! Though most mammoths vanished around 10,000 years ago, a small group thrived on Wrangel Island until about 2000 BCE. This means they were still alive a thousand years after the pyramids were completed, and even coexisted with the building of Stonehenge and early Chinese dynasties. They witnessed the dawn of writing and the rise of the first cities.