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 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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Extinctions of megafauna species during the Late Quaternary dramatically reduced the
global diversity of mammals. There is intense debate over the causes of these extinctions …

All Australian land mammals, reptiles, and birds weighing more than 100 kilograms, and six
of the seven genera with a body mass of 45 to 100 kilograms, perished in the late …

Although the recent historical period is usually treated as a temporal base-line for
understanding patterns of mammal extinction, mammalian biodiversity loss has also taken …