Ice Age Humans Preferred Hunting Female Woolly Mammoths
Analysis of 521 woolly mammoth remains found that human-associated deposits were 70% female, suggesting Ice Age hunters targeted cows.
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Largest Mammoth DNA Study Suggests Ice Age Hunters Preferred Female Mammoths
An international team of researchers who extracted ancient mammoth DNA from a sample of 500 bones reports that Ice Age humans selectively targeted female woolly mammoths. The results of the team’s work show a contrast in sex ratio and mammoth remains, and found that the connection to large bones associated with ancient human activity was dominated by females. “Whether these massive mammoth bone accumulations were formed naturally or by human hu…
Science Writing, 30 Jul (EFE).- After analyzing the ancient DNA of more than 500 mammoth bones, an international team of researchers discovered that humans of the Ice Age selectively hunted woolly mammoth females. The results of the study, published in Current Biology magazine, show that the large accumulations of bones associated with ancient human activity are dominated by females.To reach their conclusions, the team analyzed genomic data of 5…
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