Still Waters Posted May 30, 2014 #1 Share Posted May 30, 2014 A new analysis of European archaeological sites containing large numbers of dead mammoths and dwellings built with mammoth bones has led Penn State Professor Emerita Pat Shipman to formulate a new interpretation of how these sites were formed. She suggests that their abrupt appearance may have been due to early modern humans working with the earliest domestic dogs to kill the now-extinct mammoth. http://www.pasthoriz...moth-kill-sites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted June 2, 2014 #2 Share Posted June 2, 2014 If this is true, who let the dogs out? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranomaly Posted June 2, 2014 #3 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Coating the tips of their weapons with poisonous substances would be enough to take one down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted June 2, 2014 #4 Share Posted June 2, 2014 If this is true, who let the dogs out? Good one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Trinity Posted June 2, 2014 #5 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Interesting article. Makes sense too given the long history of reliance on dogs for hunting by our ancestors. No reason why even earlier in our past, that our progenitors shouldn't have discovered the benefits too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted June 2, 2014 #6 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I don't know...I have a hard time digesting the fact that small pockets of humans armed with primitive weapons were responsible for wiping out untold numbers of massive, powerful beasts. Even with dogs. Maybe in conjunction with climate change and other factors but just humans? Ehh... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A rather obscure Bassoon Posted June 2, 2014 #7 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Heard so many theories stating what wiped out the Mammoths,a bit like picking straws or is that clutching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraT Posted June 2, 2014 #8 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Well the dog belonging to our former neighbours nearly drove us to extinction with his unceasing barking, so that might be a good theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted June 3, 2014 #9 Share Posted June 3, 2014 The dogs must have been ecstatic with the size of bones they could chew on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted June 4, 2014 #10 Share Posted June 4, 2014 ^ yup. i think maybe wolves started hanging around scavenging the leftovers .. which probably put them on the menu as well? Eventually, they got used to each other , and learned to be mutually beneficial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh17 Posted June 4, 2014 #11 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Pretty sure they weren't roadkill. Dogs are a good theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posner Posted June 5, 2014 #12 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Its common knowledge what killed mammoths dinosaurs ect answer a catastrofic meteor strike on the earth plain and simple no mystery bout itt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted June 5, 2014 #13 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Its common knowledge what killed mammoths dinosaurs ect answer a catastrofic meteor strike on the earth plain and simple no mystery bout itt Interesting first post... There is over 64 Million years between the extinction of Dinosaurs and Woolly Mammoths but hey, welcome to UM Posner Edit: Woolly added Edited June 5, 2014 by Junior Chubb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted June 5, 2014 #14 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Its common knowledge what killed mammoths dinosaurs ect answer a catastrophic meteor strike on the earth plain and simple no mystery bout itt Dino's and Mammoth's are separated by Millions of year . So I would have to disagree . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted June 6, 2014 #15 Share Posted June 6, 2014 This is why I am a cat person. When was the last time you read about cats helping with anything? Much less an extinction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted June 17, 2014 #16 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) This is why I am a cat person. When was the last time you read about cats helping with anything? Much less an extinction? Maybe, but my childhood recollection on Mammoth illustrations usually have Sabre Tooth Cats attacking them, according to these artist illustrations Mammoths always had a Cat on their back sinking their claws and sabres into them. Shocking stuff considering how well they get along in Ice Age. Edited June 17, 2014 by Junior Chubb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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