It happens occasionally. The Wrangel Island Mammoths are a famous example of remains that date far younger than anyone expected [1]. For human origins, "human a

It happens occasionally. The Wrangel Island Mammoths are a famous example of remains that date far younger than anyone expected [1]. For human origins, "human ancestors are older than we thought" is usually more sensational than "survived later than we thought" though, so you might not remember examples like [2]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/25/us/dwarf-mammoths-may-have-put-off-demise.html https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/25/us/dwarf-mammoths-may-hav... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/our-ancient-neanderthal-relatives-went-extinct-much-later-we-thought-716370 https://www.newsweek.com/our-ancient-neanderthal-relatives-w...