Unraveling the causes of the Ice Age megafauna extinctions

(University of Copenhagen) An extensive, inter-disciplinary research team, involving over 40 academic institutions around the world and led by Professor Eske Willerslev's Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, have tried to tackle the contentious question in the biggest study of its kind on the cause of the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals.