I recently learned that Wooly Mammoths were around during the construction of the pyramids and that got me thinking that maybe a people domesticated them at some point.
Wooly Mammoths were around during the construction of the pyramids
A tiny population of pygmy mamoths lived on an island in the Arctic sea during this time. The vast, vast majority of mammoths went extinct 10,000 years ago.
http://io9.com/5896262/the-last-mammoths-died-out-just-3600-years-agobut-they-should-have-survived