Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28
PASSING OF MAMMOTH
IS AsCR|BED TO HEAT
Garrett z. Scrviss, Scientist, As
sails Theory That Cold
Ended Career.
He TRACES ANIMALS LIFE
Advances Theory That Vast Crca-
tnrcs Rcappearel in the Far
North After tho Recession of the
Glaciers.
ny GARRETT y. sE,,yIss.

- ny GARRETT Il. SEtNIS>.
"A lady from Alaska relates that
rc1lains OF the mammoth are fire.
uueptly discovered embedded in the
8 ic6Gof that country. with the meat
I stift fresh when oXtricated. have
3 also read that in the intcrs;iccs OF
thettceih OF mammoth remains found
under like conditions in siberia, the
hcrbasc, on which the animals had
been feeding was plainly disccrni5ie.
Ths question in my mind is, what
caused the wave o: fearful cold which
suddenly caused these great animals
10 perish, and the instant change from
!; TEMPERATE to a glacial climate: =
~ Il. NJ, New York.
lido not think that a wave OF fear
fu&cold suddenly caused those great
animals to perish. They were cN-
THEIR long, coarse hair covering the
huge body like trinScd blanket. -,
cnLprctd with a thick vest Ct wool
ped, with big woody tufts,
There is nothing 10 indicate ,hat
disaster fell upon them With ei!z.
j, advanced ai TIE graduated pace OF
:, seasonal. or climatic change. rath-
r1han with 4 temprstous rush. THIS
accords with the StomaChS filled with
the. remains of plants which must
necessarily have been cropped very
shortly before death.
= HlnmcS Undue Warmth.
Instead OF excessive cold, Il was.
believe. the results Of undue warmth
that led tc the destruction Of the
mammoths found in, the frozen soil
- hot blast. but a hot season. or
more likely. a series OF no. seasons.
that produced these results. Here
is athc picture which draw in my
lnind Of what may have occurred:
Ti,c mammoths were a specialized
nif.shoct OF the group OF n. pTonoS-
ing modern elephant, and this group
anprnrs to have originated. IN rr!ni-
lily" forms. in southern ASIA or NJ
IiGa, wherc one Of its Descendants.
thpF elephant. exists today. ~ their
hrs, appearance. therefore. the pro-
hostidians were inhabitants Of trop-
ic;iI or warm temperate regions. But
evidently some OF them spread north
ward 10 and beyond the arctic circle.
Now, we know that, in the FAR past.
n sa,uch warmer climate tnan ina;
entity the South Pole. as Weld. Dur
ing such a period the proHoscidians
thai developed. into the mammoth
may have wandered far 10 the north.
!. Mammoth Wandcrcr.
Then the introductory phase Of
;het glacial epoch came on, and amid
mammoths developed, through ada7ta-
lion. their protective covering Of hair
and wool. Later, the cold WAS in
tcnsificd. the great continsntai sia.
southwark until they reached Central
Europe and the northern United
states. The vas; ice sheets grinding
over hill. mountain and valley, de-
troSed the northern vegetation, and
Tho mamlnoths were driven on with
he front of the ice in search OF liv-
ing conditions.
NJ, ,.l i.,
country j. sim more or less a sealed
book, hut we know THAI in Southern
Fr7.nec and snain these great animals
man. He had no better homes than
capcrns, but already he had become
an observer and an artist, and TO
these cave mon who. nnnuinhered
thousands 90 years ago, beheld. and
perhaps hunted. living ;HainInOths, ".
owe the earliest records oil human
ohseryat!on. IA the form Of astouish-
l'yrenecs and Cantahrian mountains
- Wore WOODEN rouur.
These pictures contain careful rep
iuls and detailed, indeed, that it Is
ioathc.n that we owe our knowledge
nf,ihe fac; tina; the mammoth wore
hnnd when he came down with the
,ce.out OF his Arctic home
I;must not neglect here 20 quote
~hni nr. ". d. Matthew says on
THIS subject. FOR 1t is no, exactly
IN accord with VIVA, have Just
icen saying. with the mammoths."
nnp,sms9 of The Nt.:ihH, ,is Hi s nSf1y
and intelligent rarr.s OF men, whose
rnr!uii Was no doubt an important
i1ctor in their extinction" Accord
ing TO Or. Matthew The men who
!"tt tho r.cturvs in the caves
Ind followed the big animals from
The North. ! quot. MS statement
about This because he Is an author-
iiH on the subject BE.. whether
inc cave ni"r came from tho %orth
W,ah r. lnammotts., o. ,were in
maths Is 81 l.t'I" consequences Tor
our present purpose
m any event. St. seems 70 me mat
'hs. mamn5thH must have reap.
,cet is'on pi tho glaciers Perhaps
- eihey had preceded ,hc !s.. ua i,E
sOut ward march, they followed IN
IN is rctr. at. Ana !: must T.. the
hoN"s OF these later ranmott7 'hat
:re, now found ~ Sih".la ana Alaska.
A. have said IL was 700 much
beat rather than too Intense cold iha-
iroughi about tn. existence OF the
;<reat m"rdsSts, subsequently, turned
iaN frozen tundra. th..' .nto,ub.d
ihe. last Of the mamnoths 4 season
"t9inv oftcG heat in TN. Far North
rreoucinr rapid melting or enormous
masses 81 re-. would have caused vtst
7l"nns in when tho irnwcns, beasts
would be swepr 20 'hetr dom ar
pia!ns.
snch weather anomaliey miph, veil
have occurred during tn. ,r,t.r-r-
logical rcadjus,Iu.ut that mug, taya
iNHoWcF ~" olrits terri tl. cypgrf-
{ enetS Of the glacial croon tn the
:. ~ -. M'lGG, WIori1 M great
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