Australian experts performed computer simulations of woolly mammoth interactions with humans and climates based on evidence from fossils and ancient DNA. Experts have previously blamed woolly mammoth extinction on meteor impacts, volcanoes, habitat loss and even disease, as well as humans and climate change. Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was one of the last in a line of mammoth species to exist before its extinction 4,000 years ago. Woolly mammoths co-existed with early humans, who hunted them for food and used their bones and tusks for making weapons and art. For the study, Fordham and his team simulated the woolly mammoth population's late history – from 21,000 years ago until their eventual extinction 4,000 years ago.

Source: Daily Mail February 25, 2021 16:01 UTC