Ice Age coyotes were supersized, fossil study reveals
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 15:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Coyotes today are pint-sized compared to their Ice Age counterparts, finds a new fossil study. Between 11,500 and 10,000 years ago a mere blink of an eye in geologic terms coyotes shrunk to their present size. The sudden shrinkage was most likely a response to dwindling food supply and changing interactions with competitors, rather than warming climate, researchers say.