Humans May Have Hunted Female Mammoths More Than Males, Researchers Say

A study published in Current Biology made a couple of fascinating discoveries about the woolly mammoth, the furry, snow-dwelling elephant ancestor that early humans boldly assumed they could kill and eat, and then did. Researchers analyzed DNA from more than 500 mammoth bones found across Europe, Asia, and North Americ

The study used genetic data from bones accumulated by people at 11 sites in Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Russia.

July 31 : Woolly mammoths were a favorite hunting target for Ice Age people in Eurasia and North America for many reasons. A single animal would provide a large amount of meat and fat. Its hide could be used for clothing. Its bones and tusks could be shaped into tools, weapons and art. And the largest bones could be us

Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally and those associated with humans, offering hints about how our ancestors hunted