Question

Select the statement(s) that describe how the woolly mammoth became extinct.

The woolly mammoth was hunted by humans for food, fur, and tusks.

The genetic variations in the woolly mammoth cause their tusks to become smaller, so they could not protect themselves.

The environment of the woolly mammoth became warmer.

The woolly mammoth was unable to adapt to the cold environment it lived in.

The woolly mammoth had to compete with humans for the same food source.

Answer 1

Correct statements:
- The woolly mammoth was hunted by humans for food, fur, and tusks.
- The environment of the woolly mammoth became warmer.

Brief explanation: end-Pleistocene extinction of woolly mammoths is best explained by a combination of human hunting pressure and rapid climate warming that reduced and fragmented their cold steppe/tundra habitat. The other statements are incorrect or misleading: there’s no evidence that tusks shrank through genetic change causing extinction, they were well adapted to cold (the problem was warming), and direct dietary competition with humans was not a primary driver.