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Extinction

Megafauna Causes Modern Giants Causes of Extinction Extinct Species Quaternary Period Woolly Rhinoceros End-Cretaceous Extinction Cenozoic Birds Ice Age Woolly Rhinos Mastodons Climate Change Mammoths

Genome of Near-Extinction Woolly Rhino Sequenced From Ancient Wolf’s Stomach

Genetic stability right up to the species’ disappearance indicates a swift, warming-driven population crash.

Reanalysis Overturns ‘Smoking Gun’ for Human Megafauna Hunting in Australia