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Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that (theconversation.com)
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[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't inbreeding something that becomes a problem because there's only a few of you?

[–] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Correct

[–] mycathas9lives@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

They were possibly hunted to extinction. That is perfectly plausible.