It was just February when the taxi startup announced a 'strategic partnership' with the university in order to work on autonomous vehicle technology. But now, at least 40 staff have defected to Uber, leaving Carnegie Mellon in 'crisis'.
The sabertooth tiger may have become extinct due to climate change, lack of large prey and competition from humans. However, thereâs no fossil evidence of tooth wear to suggest sabertooth cats... The sabertooth tiger may have become extinct due to climate change, lack of large prey and competition from humans.
Despite the colloquial name saber-toothed tiger, Smilodon is not closely related to the modern tiger (which belongs in the subfamily Pantherinae), or any other extant felid. An 1992 ancient DNA analysis suggested that Smilodon should be grouped with modern cats (subfamilies Felinae and Pantherinae).