- Researchers analyzed DNA from nearly 100 mammoth bones, teeth and tusks, and found that about two-thirds came from males who died in foolish ways like being swallowed by a sinkhole, washing away by a mudflow, drowning after falling through thin ice. Fewer females died from these silly causes. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/science/mammoth-fossils-males.html 37 comments science
- Male Mammoths Died in ‘Silly Ways’ More Often Than Females, Study Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/science/mammoth-fossils-males.html?smid=tw-share&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&icid=ref_fark 10 comments science
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