Arctic Mammoths May Have Munched on Mums, Sunflowers
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 - 18:50
in Earth & Climate
Woolly mammoths, woolly rhinos and other large vegetarians living in the polar north weathered the last ice age on a varied diet of shrubby flowering plants and grass, including relatives of chrysanthemums, carnations, honeysuckles, legumes and sunflowers.