Hundsheim Rhino - An Extinction Mystery Gets Solved
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 04:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Extinction is nothing new; more than 99% of all species that have ever lived we will never know about. Extinction is entirely natural and, if you've ever watched someone's car weaving on the highway while they talk on the phone and drink a coffee, you have probably hoped it will remain a fundamental process of evolution. But survival of the fitter(1) can be a fickle mistress. Why, after 800,000 years of successful survival did the Hundsheim rhino (Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis) suddenly and irrecoverably disappear? read more