2007-02-05 14:25:36 · 9 answers · asked by icmylan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Yes, that is the theory. Scientist have eaten wooly mammoths that were frozen for 20,000 years and it was good. Slighty gamey and tasted like chicken.
2007-02-05 14:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by rip snort 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"While most woolly mammoths died out at the end of the Pleistocene (12,000 years ago), a small population survived on Wrangel Island, located in the Arctic Ocean, up until 1700 B.C.. Possibly due to their limited food supply, these animals were a dwarf variety, thus much smaller than the original Pleistocene woolly mammoth. However, the Wrangel Island mammoths should not be confused with the Channel Islands Pygmy Mammoth, Mammuthus exilis, which was a different species."
About the mammoths in general, there is controversy about whether men had something to do with their extintion or not.
Hope that helps
2007-02-05 14:31:39 · answer #2 · answered by GN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, mammoths used a complex oil based combustion engine to propel a vast mass transit system. The emissions from these vehicles combined with the emissions of the many factories and power plants caused what we would now call a greenhouse effect. They realized their folly, and created a large campaign to immediately stop the use of such fuels, and it worked: there was an immediate cessation of the use of petroleum based fuels. Much like how you feel cold when you get out of a hot shower, the cooler air created through the lack of warming gases caused what we now call the Ice Age. Woefully, without the aid of the mass transit system they had, the mammoths were literally left out in the cold, and all but a few died of hypothermia. Man, being smaller in stature, generally remained in hiding throughout those early days, and was protected from the cooling convection. Now the dominant species, they barbecued the mammoth carcasses. It was during this time that man realized the need for many things: fermented barley water, tomato based sauces for cooking, and potatoes.
2007-02-05 14:42:13 · answer #3 · answered by Mangy Coyote 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, they didn't.
Science has proven the Wooly Mammoth became extinct because of the Ice Age.
2007-02-05 14:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, primitve man was just not populous or technologically advanced enough to seriously deplete the mammoth population. The mammoths went extinct because the ice age ended. The warming climate expanded the temprate zone and shrank the frigid zones that they were adapted to live in. They were basically squeezed out of living space.
Hope this is helpful
2007-02-05 14:29:35 · answer #5 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no they didn't and they couldn't of because there were not enough men around even if they wanted to. and believe me they wanted to because i imagine that mammoth meat was good and very useful. it also took such an effort to kill those animals and it was so time consuming and it lasted so long that there were more mammoths being born before the other one was finished off. I think that it just got too hot for them.
2007-02-05 14:30:38 · answer #6 · answered by ~annie~ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes but the answer also depeds on ur religious beliefs. The christians beileve that the lord jesus christ made them go extinct just like he did with the dinasours. Research is where you would get a better answer!
2007-02-05 14:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They hunted most of them but the ice age just killed them off. Mostly it was humans and other animals because it was so much meet.
2007-02-05 14:28:29 · answer #8 · answered by Eric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Ice Age sounds familiar.
2007-02-05 14:27:31 · answer #9 · answered by Mig 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋