Genome Study of Woolly Rhino Shows Stable Population Until 4500 Years Before Extinction

[Scylla]

They sequenced 14 woolly rhino genomes and found that they co-existed with humans for thousands of years with stable population sizes. They then conclude that humans did not cause the extinction, but warming of the climate did. 

 

What if wooly rhino just tasted bad? Then humans wouldn't hunt them until the other megafauna were extinct. Or we invented barbeque sauce. Then they would disappear in a blink of an eye. Anyway here's the news article:

https://phys.org/news/2020-08-ancient-genomes-woolly-rhinos-extinct.html

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm not surprised. No woolly thinking here..