Friday, September 13, 2013

DNA study suggests hunting did not kill off mammoth


Researchers have found evidence to suggest that climate change, rather than humans, was the main factor that drove the woolly mammoth to extinction.

A DNA analysis shows that the number of creatures began to decrease much earlier than previously thought as the world's climate changed.

It also shows that there was a distinct population of mammoth in Europe that died out around 30,000 years ago.

see full Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24034954