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As the world got warmer the woolly mammoth habitat decreased their source of food and as the human population grew the more hunters their was around to hunt the mammoths so that could drove the last of the mammoths to extinction

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What is factors may have caused the extinction of woolly mammoth?

As the world got warmer the woolly mammoth habitat decreased their source of food and as the human population grew the more hunters their was around to hunt the mammoths so that could drove the last of the mammoths to extinction


What factors may have cause the extinction of woolly mammoths?

As the world got warmer the woolly mammoth habitat decreased their source of food and as the human population grew the more hunters their was around to hunt the mammoths so that could drove the last of the mammoths to extinction


What is the age of the woolly mammoth?

The oldest known fossils of woolly mammoths were found in sediments that may have been 150,000 years old. Most woolly mammoths became extinct about 10,000 years ago. However, a dwarf group of woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until about 1700 BC.


How did mammoths get extinct?

No one is certain why the mammoth became extinct. They died. They may have succumb to climate change at the end of the last Ice Age. Other theories are related to the arrival of modern humans, which may have spread diseases that were fatal to mammoths, or over-hunted them.


Did mammoths run out of food?

Mammoths likely did not run out of food as a singular cause for their extinction. The extinction of mammoths is believed to have been caused by a combination of factors, including climate change, human hunting, and possibly disease. Changes in vegetation due to climate change may have affected the availability of food sources for mammoths, but it was not the sole reason for their extinction.


What caused the extinction of the mammoth?

Mammoths became extinct because of climate change. The atmosphere's temperature went up so high that it made mammoths become extinct. Over hunting by our ancestors that lived during the ice age is also one of the factors why they got extinct.either they couldn't deal with the climate change around 10,000 years ago, or they were hunted to extinction by early humansBecause it disappeared at 1,700 B.C.


Do woolly mammoths still exist?

No. They became extinct about 10,000 years ago and humans may have been one cause.


When did woolly mammoths exist?

Because of the very long gestation period of elephants (22 months) there is not a specific time of year that they have babies. Woolly mammoths may have been similar. However, if a baby was born in winter, it would be much less likely to survive then if it was born in spring or summer. Whether mammoths had a mechanism to prevent this is unknown.


When did the mammoth evolve?

Woolly mammoths may have evolved as early as 150,000 years ago. They died out about 8,000 years ago, except for small populations of dwarf mammoths that lived on a couple of islands. The last mammoths to die out lived on Wrangel Island (in what is now Russia) until 1,700 BC.


What are woolly mammoths pray?

Woolly mammoths primarily fed on grasses, sedges, and other herbaceous plants, as well as shrubs and small trees in their cold, tundra habitats. Their grazing habits helped shape the ecosystems of the regions they inhabited. While they were herbivores, they had no natural predators due to their size, although they may have faced threats from early human hunters.


In your opinion what is the cause of extinction of animals?

The extinction of animals is caused by humans killing animals. Extinction of animals may also be caused by pollution or forest fires that are killing off the plants and trees.


When did the native Americans arrive in Texas?

10000- 13000 B.C.AND U MAY ASK "What were they following?"They were following big animals, woolly mammoths and the buffalo.where they came from, how they got here, And why?