Mighty Mammoths Fell Prey to Rapidly Warming Earth

by Laura Geggel, Staff Writer   |   July 23, 2015 06:27pm ET

This photo shows a museum worker inspecting a replica of a woolly mammoth. Credit: Photo by Jonathan S. Blair/National Geographic View full size image

The mighty megafauna of the last ice age, including the wooly mammoths, short-faced bears and cave lions, largely went extinct because of rapid climate-warming events, a new study finds.





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