I thought the reason they became extinct was habitat loss due to the Earth entering a warm period and over hunting by people in the arctic.
I still think it's pretty cool and would love to see one of these in the wild. It would freak me out a little if it were extinct human ancestor species though... but it is probably only a matter of time.
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