Utah professor discovers extinction of ancient herbivores fueled wildfires. Here’s why that matters.

A U. Professor is part of a team of researchers who found a link between extinction of ancient grazers and the rise of fires.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tyler Faith, Curator of Archaeology at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. Behind him is a Columbian mammoth and an Ice Age bison.

Utah professor discovers extinction of ancient herbivores fueled wildfires. Here’s why that matters.

A U. Professor is part of a team of researchers who found a link between extinction of ancient grazers and the rise of fires.

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