"Tugas_4" Mammoths Wiped Out By Multiple Killers

Woolly mammoths were apparently driven to extinction by a multitude of culprits, with climate change, human hunters and shifting habitats all playing a part in the long decline of these giants, researchers say.

Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) wandered the planet for about 250,000 years, ranging from Europe to Asia to North America covered in hair up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) long and possessing curved tusks up to 16 feet (4.9 meters) long. Nearly all of these giants vanished from Siberia by about 10,000 years ago, although dwarf mammoths survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until 3,700 years ago.

Scientists have often speculated over what might have driven the mammoths to extinction. For instance, for years researchers suspected that ancient human tribes hunted the mammoths andother ice age giants to oblivion. Others have suggested that a meteor strike might have drastically altered the climate in North America about 12,900 years ago, wiping out most of the large mammals there, the so-called "Younger Dryas impact hypothesis."

Now an analysis of thousands of fossils, artifacts and environmental sites spanning millennia suggest that no one killer is to blame for the demise of the woolly mammoths.

i never seen the real mammoths but i guess its look like an elephant only its way bigger than elephant . in the end no scientist can explain why mammoths wiped out. some said it was climate change, some said it was shifting habitats, some even said it was ancient human tribes hunted. i just can imagine human hunting an mammoth, i mean it's big, strong and scary. i would run if i see a real mammoth, i will be so afraid it step on me like human stepping on an ant. the ancient human must be so brave to hunted it.

there also a scientist that said mammoths wiped out because of meteor strike that drastically altered the climate. well it might be possible. if the meteor strike can wiped out mammoths what will it done to us? i hope no meteor strike come on earth. rest in peace mammoths..