Study- Mammoths - Climate led to their demise.

[Oxytropidoceras]

Mammoths and other large animals survived in the north much longer than previously

believed. New DNA research indicates that the climate, not humans, led to the demise

of these large creatures, Norway Science, January, 2022

 

The open access paper is:

 

Wang, Y., Pedersen, M.W., Alsos, I.G., De Sanctis, B., Racimo, F., Prohaska, A.,

Coissac, E., Owens, H.L., Merkel, M.K.F., Fernandez-Guerra, A. and Rouillard,

A.,2021. Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental

genomics. Nature, 600(7887), pp.86-92.

 

It concludes that mammoths survived in continental northeast Siberia until 
7,300 BP; North America until 8,600 BP; and the Taimyr Peninsula as late as 
3,900 BP.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited March 17, 2022 by Oxytropidoceras
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