During the pleistocene epoch, which of the following organisms went extinct according to the geological record?
a. bison
b. horses
c. mammoths
d. mastodons

Based on geological records, mammoths were organisms that went extinct during the Pleistocene Epoch. They were known to be the ancestors of Indian elephants. They were said to have lived 2 million years ago to 9,000 years ago, years after the dinosaurs went extinct. 

Mammoths are herbivorous animals with long and dense fur and underfur. They also have long tusks that they use for mating, protecting, or for digging food in the snow. The longest tusks found reached up to 13 feet or 4 meters long. 

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11