Woolly mammoths are perhaps the best known WORD of the WORD Age. Much is known about their appearance because WORD have been found preserved in WORD ground in Siberia, and wall pictures by stone-age WORD can be seen today in ancient European WORD. Woolly mammoths grew to about the size of present-day Asiatic WORD, possessed WORD coats consisting of long, brown guard WORD and soft underwool, large curved WORD tusks, and knob-like WORD.

They once WORD the WORD parts of Eurasia and North America, feeding on plants such as grasses, WORD, and shrubs. One of the best preserved Canadian specimens consists of most of an entire WORD from WORD in the Yukon Territory. It died there about WORD years ago, according to a radiocarbon WORD. Their WORD coats and heavy layers of WORD fitted them for life in cold, WORD-like conditions.