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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-06-27 18:09:17+00:00.

Original Title: Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths. Study shows population on Arctic island was stable until sudden demise, countering theory of ‘genomic meltdown’. Population went through a severe bottleneck, reduced to just 8 breeding individuals but recovered to 200-300 until the very end.