Inbreeding is not to blame for Wooly Mammoth Extinction.

What really killed the last woolly mammoths? - National Geographic

The last woolly mammoths on Earth died from bad luck, not inbreeding

What Killed the Last Woolly Mammoths? Scientists Say It Wasn't Inbreeding

Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction – study New analysis reveals they originated from no more than eight individuals but grew to number 200–300 within 20 generations. #press

New Research Casts Doubt on What Killed the Last Living Mammoth The last mammoths to walk the Earth did not succumb to inbreeding after hundreds of generations, despite being stuck on a remote island off the coast of Siberia. That’s the finding of research published today in Cell which interrogated 21 woolly mammoth genomes to understand how the population’s genetic diversity... #press