Climate change, not humans, caused extinction of woolly mammoths – study

The cousins of today’s elephants lived alongside early humans and were a regular staple of their diet (Andrew Matthews/PA)

After five million years roaming the Earth, woolly mammoths vanished from the planet nearly 4,000 years ago, and scientists say they have finally proved why.

The cousins of today’s elephants lived alongside early humans and were a regular staple of their diet.