Woolly rhinos were exterminated by climate change, study says
13-08-2020 17:00 via metro.co.uk

Woolly rhinos were exterminated by climate change, study says

This image shows the preserved, reconstructed remains of a baby woolly rhinoceros named Sasha that was discovered in Siberia. (Credits: Albert Protopopov / SWNS.COM)It was climate change and not overhunting that caused the woolly rhinoceros to go extinct 14,000 years ago.That’s the findings of a new study showing climate change isn’t just a modern threat.The giant herbivorous creatures are thought to have roamed northern Asia and Europe during the ice ages around 350,000 years ago an
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