• sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, king. Motherfucking North America was like Africa, except less hot.

    Woolly mammoths, giant armadillos and three species of camels were among more than 30 mammals that were hunted to extinction by North American humans 13,000 to 12,000 years ago, according to the most realistic, sophisticated computer model to date. The news is reported in the June 8 issue of the journal Science. …

    Some of the mammals that became extinct are:

    • woolly mammoths

    • Columbian mammoths

    • American mastodons

    • three types of ground sloths

    • glyptodonts

    • giant armadillos

    • several species of horses

    • four species of pronghorn antelopes

    • three species of camels

    • giant deer

    • several species of oxen

    • giant bison

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010608081621.htm