Most of the large animals that have walked the surface of Earth are no longer here. Why? Dan Mann thinks it’s because our recent climate has been too stable, at least when compared to the wacky ups and downs of the last ice age. Mann, a University of Alaska Fairbanks professor, presented his idea at […]
Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and other recent human relatives may have begun hunting large mammal species down to size — by way of extinction — at least 90,000 years earlier than previously thought, says a new study published in the journal Science. Elephant-dwarfing wooly mammoths, elephant-sized ground sloths and various saber-toothed cats highlighted the array of […]
At least 16 people died late Thursday night in Mexico after a powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the country, the biggest quake in more than 100 years, according to Mexico’s president. The quake struck off Mexico’s far southern Pacific coast just before midnight Thursday night, about 100 kilometers from the town of Tonala, according to […]