Vikings probably hunted Iceland’s walruses to extinction for ivory
Iceland was once home to a unique subspecies of walrus, but the animals had vanished by the mid-14th century, just 500 years after the arrival of Norse settlers. The discovery suggests hunters were responsible for the walrus’s disappearance, providing some of the clearest evidence so far that humans began driving marine mammals extinct earlier than generally thought. Image: Polar Cruises
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