Were Mammoths Wiped Out By A Supenova?

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(Rand Simberg) wrote:
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Hey, get in line! Another theory says really hungry post ice-age hunters
wiped out the mammoths:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0803173345.htm

Okay, so why weren't bison/buffalo "impacted" by either the alleged hunters
or the alleged supernova? Not big or tasty enough? I think we need more
theories....

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(Rand Simberg) wrote:

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I'd like to know where the supernova remnant is -- if only 250 LY away,
we ought to be able to get a pretty good look at it, I'd think.

- Joe

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Jim Logajan wrote:
(Rand Simberg) wrote:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs...oth_print.html

Hey, get in line! Another theory says really hungry post ice-age hunters
wiped out the mammoths:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0803173345.htm

Okay, so why weren't bison/buffalo "impacted" by either the alleged hunters
or the alleged supernova? Not big or tasty enough? I think we need more
theories....

The usual explanation given why the bison were not impacted
by the hunters was that the time to maturity of bison is just
a few years, while that for the mammoths was probably similar
to modern elephants, on the order of 15 years.

Bison are cross-fertile with domestic cattle; with a reproduction
rate of about 1/5 as much, it was not hard to wipe them out.
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Joe Strout wrote:



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I'd like to know where the supernova remnant is -- if only 250 LY away,
we ought to be able to get a pretty good look at it, I'd think.

- Joe



I can't positively say that the theory is wrong, but that sounds like
one of the most cracked concepts I've heard in a long time. :-D

Pat