Reconstructing Lost Worlds With Poop
Ancient dung samples are being used to figure out how the mammoth went extinct and how the Americas were populated.
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Julie Dermansky / Getty The Giant Sea Mammal That Went Extinct in Less Than Three Decades
The quick disappearance of the 30-foot animal helped to usher in the modern science of human-caused extinctions.
Were the Mysterious Bog People Human Sacrifices?
A British archaeologist argues that the miraculously preserved bodies were left in the water as offerings to the gods.
