This paper provides an overview of the contentious issue of global megafaunal extinctions in
the Late Quaternary. The main proposed causes are 'overkill', environmental change or a …

Megafaunal extinctions in northern Eurasia (excluding Mediterranean islands) since the Last
Interglacial claimed about 37% of species with body weights> 44 kg. Here we review the …

Since the late Pleistocene, large-bodied mammals have been extirpated from much of Earth.
Although all habitable continents once harbored giant mammals, the few remaining species …

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of
life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Loss of megafauna, an aspect of defaunation, can precipitate many ecological changes over
short time scales. We examine whether megafauna loss can also explain features of lasting …

One of the most enduring and stirring debates in archeology revolves around the role
humans played in the extinction of large terrestrial mammals (megafauna) and other animals …

Leitura recomendada por Yuval Noah Harari, Al Gore, Bill Gates e Barack Obama. Prémio
Pulitzer Finalista do National Book Critics Award Leitura recomendada por Yuval Noah …

Drawing on the latest research in archaeozoology, archaeology, and molecular biology,
Animals as Domesticates traces the history of the domestication of animals around the …

The arrival of modern humans into previously unoccupied island ecosystems is closely
linked to widespread extinction, and a key reason cited for Pleistocene megafauna …