Why did woolly mammoths come extinct?

Climate change, not humans, was reason woolly mammoths went extinct, research suggests. ... "When the climate got wetter and the ice began to melt, it led to the formation of lakes, rivers and marshes," Yucheng Wang, author of the paper and zoologist at the University of Cambridge, said in a statement.

1. What killed off the woolly mammoth?
2. What was the most likely cause of the extinction of the woolly mammoth?

What killed off the woolly mammoth?

What caused woolly mammoths to die-off so quickly? New evidence suggests an unfavorable climate may have contributed to a loss of grazing habitats, which eventually drove them to extinction.

What was the most likely cause of the extinction of the woolly mammoth?

Woolly mammoths were once common in North America and Siberia. They were driven to extinction by environmental factors and possibly human hunting about 10,000 years ago. Small island populations clung on until about 4,000 years ago.