Kate Lyons with mammoth fossil (IMAGE)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Kate Lyons with mammoth fossil

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Nebraska’s Kate Lyons stands in Elephant Hall at the University of Nebraska State Museum. Behind her looms Archie, the largest Columbian mammoth fossil in the world. A study from Lyons and colleagues has found that the extinction of large mammal species, including the Columbian mammoth, likely contributed to the homogenization of North America’s mammal communities.

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Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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