Scientists determined that African elephants are the closest living relatives of the woolly mammoth based on fossil evidence, because DNA cannot yet be extracted from fossils of extinct species.

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Scientists have successfully extracted DNA from the fossils of woolly mammoths, and genetic analysis has shown that the closest living relatives of the woolly mammoth are actually the Asian elephants, not the African elephants.

Scientists Determined That African Elephants Are the Closest Living Relatives