Debate over the Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions has focussed on whether human
colonisation or climatic changes were more important drivers of extinction, with few …

The late Quaternary period saw the rapid extinction of the majority of the world's terrestrial
megafauna. The cause of these dramatic losses, especially the relative importance of …

Abstract Starting around 50,000 years ago, most large terrestrial animals went extinct in
most continents. These extinctions have been attributed either to climatic changes, impacts …

Late Quaternary megafauna extinctions impoverished mammalian diversity worldwide. The
causes of these extinctions in Australia are most controversial but essential to resolve …

The late Quaternary megafauna extinction was a severe global-scale event. Two factors,
climate change and modern humans, have received broad support as the primary drivers …

The Earth has lost approximately half of its large mammal species (≥ 45 kg, one-third of
species≥ 9 kg) over the past 120,000 years, resulting in depauperate megafauna …

The worldwide extinction of megafauna during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene is
evident from the fossil record, with dominant theories suggesting a climate, human or …

The mechanisms leading to megafauna (> 44 kg) extinctions in Late Pleistocene (126,000—
12,000 years ago) Australia are highly contested because standard chronological analyses …

Australia has been cited as a weak link in anthropogenic models of megafauna extinction,
but recent work suggests instead that the evidence for rapid extinction shortly after human …

South America lost more genera in the Quaternary megafaunal extinction than any other
continent, but how it fits into the worldwide extinction has been unclear largely due to the …