There's also the theory that humans caused the mammoths to go extinct not by hunting them to extinction directly, but by killing the adult males (because they h

There's also the theory that humans caused the mammoths to go extinct not by hunting them to extinction directly, but by killing the adult males (because they have the largest tusks). Without a strong dominant presence to keep them in check, juveniles going through musth became so violent that they started killing each other and the females they pursued.