Loss of megafauna changed patterns of vegetation, which for example lead to denser forests in the Americas. (Svenning et al., Extinction, 2024) ...

The La Brea tar pits captured dire wolves, sabertooth cats, and other megafaunal for millennia. Their fossils may show an extinction event 13,000 years ago. Some researchers blame human-set fires ...

Despite extensive research, the mystery of North America's Ice Age megafauna extinction remains unsolved. Current evidence is insufficient to definitively support one theory over another.

Sudden deaths : the chronology of terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinction / Stuart Fiedel -- Estimates of Clovis-era megafaunal populations and their extinction risks / Gary Haynes -- Paleobiology ...

A study from researchers, including a paleontologist at the University of Oregon, suggests that wildfires due to human activity likely led to an extinction of saber-toothed cats and other Ice Age ...

Researchers and cave divers bring megafauna secrets to the surface to explore causes for their extinction ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recovered. By sequencing nearly ...

Recent studies suggest that extinction of Pleistocene megafauna had large impacts on the structure and functioning of ecosystems, including increased fire and shifts in vegetation state. We argue that ...

Explore the ancient megafauna extinction and its ties to climate change. Was human hunting a factor? Discover the findings now!

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.

Object Details author MacPhee, R. D. E. illustrator Schouten, Peter Contents Preface : Lost in near time -- Big -- "This sudden dying out" -- The world before us -- The hominin diaspora -- Explaining ...