A new report that reexamines the extinction of ancient megafauna like the Woolly Mammoth takes some of the blame off humanity’s shoulders. As we trudge into what scientists are calling the Holocene extinction, it is difficult to ignore the destructive power humans wield over the natural world. The passenger pigeon, the thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger), the Carolina parakeet; the list of species wiped out by humanity goes on. However, one may feel a little less guilty to know abrupt climate change, not human hunters, killed the woolly mammoth.
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