Scientists determined the time of extinction of ancient porcupines
2017-04-04
A team of specialists that included scientists from Siberia, the Urals, and the University of Arizona, USA, conducted radiocarbon dating of the teeth and bones of ancient porcupines found in the caves of Gorny Altai and the Urals. They established that these thermophilic animals lived in these territories up to 30,000 – 40,000 years ago and died out with the onset of the Last Glacial Maximum. The results of the research were published in the latest issue of Quaternary Science Reviews, one of the most prestigious journals in the earth sciences.
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