Connect with us

Science

Ancient mastodon genes reveal clues for how to protect living animals – POP TIMES UK

For millions of years, elephant-like creatures called mastodons roamed across the Earth, before disappearing 100,000 years ago. Their sudden drop off the face of the planet puzzled scientists: Mastodons originated as early as 30 million years ago, so what cau…

Published

on

post featured image

For millions of years, elephant-like creatures called mastodons roamed across the Earth,
before disappearing 100,000 years ago. Their sudden drop off the face of the planet puzzled scientists: Mastodons originated as early as 30 million years ago, so what caused this hardy species to go extinct after so long?One major theory for the sudden nose-dive in populations of the distant mammoth cousins is that they were the victims of climate change. Now, new genetic data reveal how mastodons weathere…

Click here to view the original article.

Continue Reading
Advertisement
Advertisement

Trending