Giant mammoth and woolly rhino which used to live with the yak about 18,000-20,000 years ago were not able to adapt to these changes and thus went extinct. This is a classic example of ‘survival of the fittest’. Our humble yak proved to be the fittest one.”
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Unknown titleh (11,700 years ago) and the start of Holocene brought about a change in vegetation and also introduced humans,” explains Swati Tripathi, one of the authors of the paper published in PLOS ONE. “<span>Giant mammoth and woolly rhino which used to live with the yak about 18,000-20,000 years ago were not able to adapt to these changes and thus went extinct. This is a classic example of ‘survival of the fittest’. Our humble yak proved to be the fittest one.” The yak dung analysis also helped to map out the different plants and trees in that area, thus, generating modern botanical analogue for palaeo environmental studies in higher Himalayas Summary
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