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Woolly rhinos were wiped out by climate change not humans

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Human hunters were not responsible for killing off the woolly rhino, according to a new study of the extinct creature’s genome that found climate change is to blame.  Experts from Stockholm University sequenced ancient DNA taken from 14 woolly rhinoceros fossils to find out the state of their population near the end of their existence. … Read more

Drawings of woolly mammoths and rhinos at least 15,000 years old

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Amazing rock art depicting ‘woolly mammoths and rhinos’ were created by an ancient man at least 15,000 years ago, says a new study. The petroglyphs straddling the border between Russia and Mongolia are 7,000 years older than previously thought.  The finds at the ancient alfresco ‘art gallery’ have been confirmed in a detailed study by … Read more