Humans, not climate change, caused the death of the woolly mammoth, according to a new study. (Photo : Reuters)
Sudden climate change caused deaths to many of mighty megafauna animals, including mammoths, cave lions and short-faced bears. A new study found out that the rapid climate change caused large extinction to the latest ice age living things.
The unstable weather of the Late Pleistocene, about 60,000 to 12,000 years ago had a climate spikes called interstadials. This is an increase of the temperature between 7 to 29 degrees Fahrenheit, a scorching condition. This caused difficulty to the big animals to survive, affecting their homes and foods, News Discovery reported.
The analysis shows reasons on how megafaunal animals extinct. The French paleontologist, George Cuvier, said that the giant ground sloth and mammoth started dying since 1796 and with the famous biblical flood.
Megafaunal fossils were found in South America, it started a huge studies and research blaming temperature swings, ice age humans and perfect storm of events.
Findings show that extinction events are happening over time in space. Earth's current climate is more stable today than the Late Pleistocene, which even made the researchers worry.
According to News.com.au, humans play a big role in the ecosystem's changes. Modern age affects the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels causing warming effects. This is expected to have a similar effect of the past interstadials, predicting another major phase of mammal extinction.
Sudden climate change brings a great danger to the entire human race including all living things. Everyone was warned to take its part on how to conserve and preserve the environment, avoiding global warming even in smallest possible ways.
