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Ancient Fires Drove Sabertooth Cats and Other Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests

August 17, 2023Katrina MillerComments Off

Fossils from La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California suggest that sabertooth cats and other large North American mammals disappeared as a result of wildfires spurred by human activity.