Climate Change, Not Humans, Likely Eliminated Woolly Rhinos, New Study Shows

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By Jordan DavidsonAug 14, 2020, 10:52 am135 pts
The last Ice Age eliminated some giant mammals, like the woolly rhino. Conventional thinking initially attributed their extinction to hunting. While overhunting may have contributed, a new study pinpointed a different reason for the woolly rhinos' extinction: climate change. The last of the woolly rhinos went…

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