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Researchers have discovered that ravens and humans interacted significantly more than 30,000 years ago, suggesting that ravens fed on human hunters’ mammoth scraps and possibly served as a supplementary food source. The research implies that human activities had a significant impact on ecosystems and promoted synanthropy (the beneficial sharing of habitats with humans), affecting both human culture and the likelihood of zoonotic disease transmission.Scientists from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for…

The animal kingdom is full of sexual competition, and extinct creatures are no exception: Researchers found evidence that male woolly mammoths experienced hormone-induced states of aggression towards their rivals, much like modern bull elephants.Rare Polar Bear Attack in Canada | Extreme EarthThis phenomenon is known as musth, and it describes a state of heightened sexual activity and aggression in male elephants. A team of researchers examining a 33,000-year-old mammoth tusk found annualsurges in testosterone and other…

A gold miner found a mummified baby woolly mammoth in the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional Territory in Yukon, Canada. According to a press release from the local government, the female baby mammoth has been named Nun cho ga by the First Nation Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in elders, which translates to "big baby animal" in the Hän language.   Nun cho ga is the most complete mummified mammoth discovered in North America.Nun cho ga died and was frozen in permafrost during the ice age, over 30,000 years old, said the press release. She …