Western scientists conducted a study, the results of which showed the cause of the extinction of mammoths. It turned out that these majestic ancient creatures disappeared due to lack of water. This was reported in the scientific columnist Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Scientists in their report compared mammoths to elephants, saying that modern proboscis mammals consume 70-200 liters per day. The researchers hypothesized that ancient creatures needed about the same amount of fluid daily for normal life. Experts believe that with such a rate of water consumption, its reserves could quickly run out.
So, scientists say with confidence that the last mammoths that inhabited St. Paul Island near Alaska died out about 5.6 thousand years ago. At that time, according to the researchers, the inhabitants of the Earth suffered from another global warming, which made fresh water bodies smaller, and animals lost water, which led to their widespread death in the above-named area.
By the way, mammoths have always attracted the attention of science. Scientists are interested in cloning these creatures, the last of which became extinct about 4 thousand years ago. Experts from Russia and Korea have already begun to solve the problem of how to raise a real proboscis mammal of antiquity.
Ivan Golovin