Scientists have long debated why woolly mammoths, giant sloths and 44 other giant plant-eating 'megaherbivores' went extinct starting about 50,000 years ago. Above, an engraving by Ernest Grise of prehistoric man hunting a woolly mammoth
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The mystery of what led to the extinction of large animals 50,000 years ago is SOLVED

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Scientists have long debated why woolly mammoths, giant sloths and 44 giant plant-eating ‘megaherbivores’ went extinct starting around 50,000 years […]