News tagged with woolly mammoths
Unravelling the causes of the Ice Age megafauna extinctions
Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals (megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth?
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Woolly mammoth's secrets for shrugging off cold points toward new artificial blood for humans
The blood from woolly mammoths -- those extinct elephant-like creatures that roamed the Earth in pre-historic times -- is helping scientists develop new blood products for modern medical procedures that involve ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Researchers discover important woolly rhino fossil
A paper to be published on September 2, 2011 in the authoritative magazine Science reveals the discovery of a primitive woolly rhino fossil in the Himalayas, which suggests some giant mammals first evolve ...
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Sep 01, 2011 |
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Seeing double: Africa's 2 elephant species
Contrary to the belief of many scientists (as well as many members of the public), new research confirms that Africa has two—not one—species of elephant. Scientists from Harvard Medical School, the ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Being good moms couldn't save the woolly mammoth (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of Western Ontario leads investigators to believe that woolly mammoths living north of the Arctic Circle during the Pleistocene Epoch (approx. 150,000 to 40,000 years ago) ...
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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The reindeer and the mammoth already lived on the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago
A team made up of members of the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have gathered together all findings of the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros and the reindeer in ...
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Sep 07, 2010 |
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Dwindling green pastures, not hunting, may have killed off the mammoth
(PhysOrg.com) -- A vast reduction in grasslands may have been the primary cause of the decline of mammals such as the woolly mammoth according to Durham University scientists.
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Aug 18, 2010 |
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Ice Age baby mammoth on display at French museum
(AP) -- After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France.
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Jul 16, 2010 |
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'Trophic cascades' of disruption may include loss of woolly mammoth, saber-toothed cat
A new analysis of the extinction of woolly mammoths and other large mammals more than 10,000 years ago suggests that they may have fallen victim to the same type of "trophic cascade" of ecosystem disruption ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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What, or who, killed the last mammoths?
The last known population of woolly mammoths, roaming a remote Arctic island long after humans invented writing, were wiped out quickly, reports a study released Wednesday.
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil
Extinct woolly mammoths and ancient American horses may have been grazing the North American steppe for several thousand years longer than previously thought. After plucking ancient DNA from frozen soil in ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Steppe change: Mammoths roamed southern Spain
Remains of woolly mammoths have been found in southern Spain, proving that the chilly grip of the last Ice Age extended farther south than thought, palaeontologists said on Thursday.
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Jul 09, 2009 |
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Mobile DNA elements in woolly mammoth genome give new clues to mammalian evolution
The woolly mammoth died out several thousand years ago, but the genetic material they left behind is yielding new clues about the evolution of mammals. In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have analyz ...
Jun 08, 2009 |
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