Not That Much Time Together
While a lot of people have an idea that humans hunted mammoths, both species did not coexist for a long time. As we all know by now, the Columbian mammoth succumbed to extinction. Their hunters, the Paleoamericans, vanished too. Should man be considered responsible for the extinction of these beasts?
More Insight Into The Past
Experts hope that the Santa Lucia airport site could offer more insight into this. In September 2020, Joaquin Arroyo Cabrales told the Associated Press, “What caused these animals’ extinction, everywhere there is a debate, whether it was climate change or the presence of humans. I think in the end the decision will be that there was a synergy effect between climate change and human presence.”