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Well, Here's Something We Can Stop Feeling Guilty About

Jun 08, 2007

The theory that humans were entirely responsible for the extinction of the woolly mammoth might be a bit homo-centric, according to a new, large-scale study. Evolutionary biologists have found that the creatures had progressively less and less genetic diversity that made them incapable of adapting to changing conditions, suggesting that they were actually facing the end of the line even before humans entered the picture, according to this article.

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