News articles tagged with 'mammoth'
Being good moms couldn't save the woolly mammoth
— 3 Jan 2011 16:02 | Geology and palaeontologyNew research from The University of Western Ontario leads investigators to believe that woolly mammoths living north of the Arctic Circle during the Pleistocene Epoch (approx. 150,000…
The reindeer and the mammoth already lived on the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago
— 8 Sep 2010 12:39 | Geology and palaeontologyA team made up of members of the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have gathered together all findings of the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros…
Dwindling green pastures, not hunting, may have killed off the mammoth
— 18 Aug 2010 08:08 | Geology and palaeontologyA massive reduction in grasslands and the spread of forests may have been the primary cause of the decline of mammals such as the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino and cave lion, according…
Extinction of woolly mammoths may have been due to addition of a predator: Humans
— 3 Jul 2010 09:06 | Geology and palaeontologyThe extinction of woolly mammoths and other large mammals more than 10,000 years ago may be explained by the same type of cascade of ecosystem disruption that is being caused today…
'Trophic cascades' of disruption may include loss of woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat
— 1 Jul 2010 10:11 | Geology and palaeontologyA new analysis of the extinction of woolly mammoths and other large mammals more than 10,000 years ago suggests that they may have fallen victim to the same type of 'trophic cascade'…
Man-made global warming started with ancient hunters
— 1 Jul 2010 09:14 | Geology and palaeontologyEven before the dawn of agriculture, people may have caused the planet to warm up, a new study suggests…
Arizona's mammoth hunters - out with a whimper or a bang?
— 13 Apr 2010 09:44 | Geology and palaeontologyA team of researchers from the University of Arizona has revisited evidence pointing to a cataclysmic event thought by many scientists to have wiped out the North American megafauna…
Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil
— 16 Dec 2009 10:11 | Geology and palaeontologyExtinct woolly mammoths and ancient American horses may have been grazing the North American steppe for several thousand years longer than previously thought. After plucking ancient…
The mammoths' swan song revised
— 15 Dec 2009 15:52 | Geology and palaeontologyThis is shown by samples of ancient DNA, analysed by an international team of research scientists under the leadership of Professor Eske Willerslev from Copenhagen University. Analyses…
Ancient DNA, not fossilised bones, shows late survival of Ice Age megafauna
— 15 Dec 2009 12:32 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Alberta researchers are part of an international team that has used DNA samples from frozen dirt, not fossilised bones, to revise the history of North America's woolly…