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Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that

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Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that

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Scientists have long wondered if the wooly mammoth went extinct due to high levels of inbreeding.

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MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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Isn’t inbreeding something that becomes a problem because there’s only a few of you?
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They were possibly hunted to extinction. That is perfectly plausible.