Tibet may have originated other Ice Age megafauna, as well From the abstract: Ice Age megafauna have long been known to be associated with global cooling during the Pleistocene, and their adaptations to cold environments, such as large body size, long hair, and snow-sweeping structures, are best exemplified by the woolly mammoths and woolly rhinos. [...]
Categories: Climate,Climate change,Environment,Science
Tagged: cold-adaptation, cold-adapted, evolution, Gary T. Takeuchi, genes, genetic, Guangpu Xie, Joel E. Saylor, Laura K. Säilä, megafauna, Mikael Fortelius, mutation, Out of Tibet: Pliocene Woolly Rhino Suggests High-Plateau Origin of Ice Age Megaherbivores, Pleistocene, Qiang Li, Tao Deng, Xiaoming Wang, Yang Wang, Zhijie J. Tseng