On Friday, February 1, 2019 at 10:47:44 AM UTC-7, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
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Mastodons haven't been extinct for a "long time,"

Are you claiming there are still some around? Or are you claiming
that 10,000 year isn't a long time?

Obviously, the latter. And while 10,000 years is a very long time _in some
contexts_... I'd hate to have to wait that long for a burger at McDonald's...
it's miniscule compared to, oh, say, 65 million years.

Anything that's been extinct only since the emergence of anatomically-modern
humans does belong in a different category from other extinct creatures.

John Savard