Why did the Mammoths die out

							   Why did the
Mammoths die out?
      By Danielle
        SHHS
      The woolly Mammoth
• The word Mammoth comes from the Latin
  word Mammuthus
• Woolly Mammoth a.k.a The Tundra
  Mammoth was said to be the last species
  of Mammoth to die out.
• They were built like elephants but with
  smaller ears and shorter tails to insulate
  heat. The had a thick coat of dark brown
  hair that could grow up to a meter long
  under its belly. They had trunks with 2
  tusks at the end to help them pluck grass.
  The males had longer, more spirally-
  shaped and more heavily built tusks than
       What did they eat?




• Mammoth were herbivores and only
  ate greenery such as grass and parts
  of trees
  Where did the mammoths
           live?
• Most mammoths lived in North
  America and in the North if Europe but
  they also live in Siberia and places in
  Eurasia.
              Ice cores
• Ice cores are long cylinders of ice that
  has re-crystallised over the years
  trapping air bubbles from previous
  time periods. Using that information
  we are usually able to find out what the
  climate was during that time.
What are some of the
possible reasons for
Mammoths becoming
      extinct?
               Humans

• Humans hunted the mammoth and
  used their tusks/bones and thick fur to
  make shelter for themselves.
          Climate change
• During the time there was an ice age.
  This cut the mammoths food supply
  short and supposedly is one of the
  reasons they are extinct. Then as it got
  hotter the ice got thinner which made
  it hard for the mammoths as if they fell
  through they were not able to get out,
  they would be stranded there till they
  eventually died.
             Conclusion
• I think that all the possibilities put
  together create a firm explanation to
  why mammoths became extinct. This
  includes the fact that they had a
  shortage of food and were hunted by
  humans.
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