Ancient Fires Drove Sabertooth Cats and Other Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests

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Fossils from La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California suggest that sabertooth cats and other large North American mammals disappeared as a result of wildfires spurred by human activity.

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