Woolly mammoths a step closer to ‘de-extinction’ after RNA from 39,000-year-old carcass trapped in permafrost is found

WOOLLY mammoths are a step closer to coming back from the dead after RNA from a 39,000-year-old carcass was found. The Ice ...

Scientists uncover surprising link between koala and Ice Age 'marsupial lion'

A sleepy koala may seem worlds apart from a giant Ice Age predator, but scientists have uncovered the first molecular ...
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Ice age extinction may hold lessons for current climate crisis

Research from La Brea Tar Pits and Lake Elsinore has unearthed evidence of a dramatic event 13,000 years ago that transformed Southern California’s vegetation and caused the disappearance of iconic ...
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Ice age plants reveal clues about climate change and mass extinctions

Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all ...
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Extraterrestrial Impact Likely Source of Sudden Ice Age Extinctions

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — At the end of the Pleistocene era, wooly mammoths roamed North America along with a cast of fantastic creatures – giant sloths, saber-toothed cats, camels, lions, ...
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Study finds that extinction of Ice Age animals likely due to wildfires from human activity

Roughly 13,000 years ago, Ice Age animals such as saber-toothed cats, the American lion and mammoths started going extinct in the Los Angeles basin, about a thousand years before their ...