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If there were never humans on Earth, huge lions, saber-toothed tigers, 150-kg beavers and armadillos the size of a residential building calmly roamed the planet to this day. Scientists from Aarhus University in Denmark conducted their own research, and showed what planet Earth would look like if on its territory never had a “smart man.”
New studies were born based on several previous the work of the team that once discovered that significant the number of disappeared after the last ice age mammals have disappeared far from climate change, but it is “thanks” to human activity.
“Last year, we shared another study that proves that the main cause of the mass extinction of many animal species that occurred after the ice age several thousand years ago, it’s precisely “homo sapiens” – says Soren Farby, a scientist at Aarhus University.
“During the research work, we realized that the effect of humanity on the existence of many species plants and animals are simply colossal. The world would look much otherwise, if the “smart man” didn’t just start destroying him resources and wealth for their meaningless purposes. ”
According to research, rhinos, elephants, bears and moose would still thrive in Eurasia and Europe, while time as american lions, camels and other species of extinct animals would quietly roam North America.
“Texas and Mexico would probably be the most populated regions with the widest variety of animals “- states the scientist. “Among the living species that are considered extinct, would be short-faced bears, American lions, saber-toothed tigers, giant land foxes, mastodons, mammoths, camels and huge beavers. ”
To create a modern model of the diversity of the disappeared mammals, scientists had to delve into historical sources, to at least roughly find out what the Europeans saw after the opening America. Still, the species that once lived on the territory of the North America, it would be impossible to survive in Europe or Asia because of the harsh climatic conditions.
Today in southern Sahara is the largest in world wide variety of large mammals in stages extinction. This region is the last halo of existence for dozens thousand animals that lived before the ice age.
“This region was the only refuge for wildlife in ice age, due to low intensity glacier distribution in the area. “That is what allowed animals adapt to changing climatic conditions and continue to exist until our time.
Soren Farby claims to be the main cause of the abundance of flora in northern Africa in southern Sahara is not climate but low level of human activity. But unfortunately, the level of extinction rare species of animals grows there too, so after a few decades, many mammals can disappear forever.
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