South America is the continent with the largest amount of megafauna extinctions at the end
of the Pleistocene (∼ 50 genera), but the empirical evidence of megafauna exploitation by …

The acquisition of opportunistic animal resources by hunter-gatherers—such as scavenged
carcasses—is a well-known subsistence strategy. It is frequently mentioned in the context of …

Abstract In the 1970s, Paul Martin proposed that big game hunters armed with fluted
projectile points colonized the Americas and drove the extinction of megafauna. Around fifty …

The cause, or causes, of the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions have been difficult to
establish, in part because poor spatiotemporal resolution in the fossil record hinders …

The extinction of a species is a key demographic event often signalling major climatic,
ecological and/or evolutionary shifts that can be investigated using the fossil record. In that …

In order to find out about and discuss the peopling of the Americas, there is evidence that
comes from a range of scientific disciplines. In archaeology, stone tool vestiges are one of …

Megamammals constituted an important component in the Pleistocene faunal communities
of South America. Paleobiological and paleoecological studies involving different …

Megafauna paintings have accompanied the earliest archaeological contexts across the
continents, revealing a fundamental inter-relationship between early humans and …

Abstract The Late Pleistocene-early Holocene faunal turnover in South America was
characterized by the extinction of all mammals with body mass> 300 kg and several smaller …

Abstract The Muaco and Taima-Taima sites, in Falcón State of northwestern Venezuela, are
among the earliest sites of human occupation in South America containing artifacts …