Ancient DNA Shows Perfect Storm Felled Ice Age Giants

Friday, June 17, 2016 - 14:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Giant Ice Age species including elephant-sized sloths and powerful sabre-toothed cats (break)that once roamed the windswept plains of Patagonia, southern South America, were finally felled by a perfect storm of a rapidly warming climate and humans, a new study has shown.

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