BBC RADIO 4

Today Weekdays 6-9am and Saturdays 7-9am

Page last updated at 10:20 GMT, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 11:20 UK

'Environmental change' led to mammoth extinction

Advertisement

Global warming and not human hunting, might have been to blame for the extinction of the mammoth according to new research.

Professor Brian Huntley of Durham University explains why the woolly mammoth and woolly rhino might have died out.


Get in touch with Today via email , Twitter or Facebook or text us on 84844.

SEE ALSO

Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific