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 The
Mammoth genus is an extinct group of animals that
are closely related to the modern elephants. They
are believed to have originated in Africa. It made
it's way into Asia, Europe, and North America. Many
of the species found in northern regions evolved to
have long thick hair to tolerate the freezing
weather. Mammoths lived between approximately 4
million years and 4,000 years ago. The last of the
mammoths died out during the last ice age.
Today,
the remains of Mammoths are found throughout the
northern regions of Russia, Europe, and Alaska.
During the very short summer season, the snow melts
away enough to partially expose parts of buried
tusks and sometimes even complete skeletons. You may
remember a show on the Discovery Channel a few years
back, Raising the Mammoth, where a team excavated a
complete mammoth that had been frozen for thousands
of years.
The
mammoth ivory used to make the netsuke and other
ivory items we sell on our site originate in
Siberia.
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