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just_another_person@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

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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just_another_person@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 11 months ago
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Scientists have long wondered if the wooly mammoth went extinct due to high levels of inbreeding.
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    Isn’t inbreeding something that becomes a problem because there’s only a few of you?

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