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.