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What caused the woolly mammoth to become extinct?

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heating of the climate and adaptation and survival problems

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Why did the woolly mammoths become extinct?
Because of the heat they couldn't live in that hot of a place because of the long and thick fur they had.
Why did the woolly mammoth become extinct?
mammoths became extinct mainly because of the ice age but there is other things like people hunting them and climate change and diseases.
How did the woolly mammoth become extinct?
While most woolly mammoths died out at the end of the Pleistocene (12,000 years ago), a small population survived on St. Paul Island, Alaska, up until 6000 BC [2], while another remained on Wrangel...
When did the woolly mammoth become extinct?
They became extinct approximately 10,000 BC. they died because a comet exploded in the earths atmosphere in north America and that caused fires to spreed and killing everything it could of been the...
How did woolly mammoths become extinct?
The mammoths went extinct because the climate got hotter and the mammoths couldn't stand the heat with there fur coats. Also the fact that the humans hunted the probably didn't help.