[meteorite-list] Science Daily Article About Pleistocene Extinctions in

[Paul H.]

Ancient DNA from Dirt, Not Fossilized Bones, Shows Late Survival of 
Woolly Mammoth and Other Ice Age Megafauna, Science Daily,
December 14, 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091214151946.htm

I am waiting for this paper to be published.

a related article is:

Mammoths Survived In Britain Until 14,000 Years Ago, New Discovery 
Suggests, Science Daily, June 18, 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617201758.htm

The papers are:

Lister, A. M., 2009, te-glacial mammoth skeletons (Mammuthu
sprimigenius) from Condover (Shropshire, UK): anatomy, pathology, 
taphonomy and chronological significance. Geological Journal.
vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 447-479.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122440134/abstract
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122458788/issue

Allen, J. R. M., J. D. Scourse, A. R. Hall,and  G. R. Coope,
2009, Palaeoenvironmental context of the Late-glacial woolly 
mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) discoveries at Condover, 
Shropshire, UK. Geological Journal. vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 414-446

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122425954/abstract
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122458788/issue

Scourse, J. D., G. R. Coope, J. R. M. Allen, A. M. Lister, R. A. 
Housley, R. E. M. Hedges, A. S. G. Jones, and R. Watkins,
2009, Late-glacial remains of woolly mammoth (Mammuthus 
primigenius) from Shropshire, UK: stratigraphy, sedimentology 
and geochronology of the Condover site. Geological Journal. 
vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 392-413.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122425957/abstract
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122458788/issue

Yours,

Paul H,