Climate change played major role in mass extinction of mammals 50,000 years ago, study finds
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 06:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have discovered that climate change played a major role in causing mass extinction of mammals in the late quaternary era, 50,000 years ago. Their study takes a new approach to this hotly debated topic by using global data modeling to build continental ‘climate footprints.’