Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell · Aired Oct 29, 2026
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Humans living in Ireland caused the extinction of the Irish elk.
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What remains unresolved
The extinction of the Irish elk is generally attributed to a combination of climate change and habitat loss following the last glacial maximum. While some theories suggest human hunting pressure played a role, there is no definitive scientific consensus that human activity was the primary cause of their extinction.
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Quick answer
Is it true that humans living in Ireland caused the extinction of the Irish elk?
We can't say yet. The extinction of the Irish elk is generally attributed to a combination of climate change and habitat loss following the last glacial maximum. While some theories suggest human hunting pressure played a role, there is no definitive scientific consensus that human activity was the primary cause of their extinction. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2572 - Colum Tyrrell, aired Oct 29, 2026, at 2:27:40. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.
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