Woolly Mammoths Met their Match: Legions of Trees
For years we’ve taken it as gospel truth that the woolly mammoth was hunted to extinction by our hairy ancestors. Some scientists, however, are suggesting that what wiped out the mammoth was not hunting, but trees. As the last Ice Age melted, forests expanded and the Mammoths’ grazing grounds shrank until the Mammoths were no more.
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