Climate change, not human population growth, correlates with Late Quaternary megafauna declines in North America
There are a number of competing explanations for the late Pleistocene extinction of many North American megafauna species. Here, the authors apply a Bayesian regression approach that finds greater concordance between megafaunal declines and climate change than with human population growth.
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| Main Authors: | Mathew Stewart, W. Christopher Carleton, Huw S. Groucutt |
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/c7fde14940f7411798bf5b66d012f3b9 |
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