DNA points to climate in mammoth whodunit
A new analysis of ancient mammoth DNA backs climate as the main culprit in their extinction, partially exonerating paleolithic human hunters.
Jun 15, 2007
Author:Hilary Jones 
Media: Cosmos online
Date: June 2007
DNA extracted from the remains of woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) suggests that a trend of decreasing genetic diversity had already taken hold prior to the onslaught of human hunting, according to research revealed today in the journal Current Biology.