Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration

The causes of the Upper Pleistocene megafauna extinction in Australia and New Guinea are debated, but fossil data are lacking for much of this region. Here, Hocknull and colleagues report a new, diverse megafauna assemblage from north-eastern Australia that persisted until ~40,000 years ago.

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Autores principales:	Scott A. Hocknull, Richard Lewis, Lee J. Arnold, Tim Pietsch, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Gilbert J. Price, Patrick Moss, Rachel Wood, Anthony Dosseto, Julien Louys, Jon Olley, Rochelle A. Lawrence
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f7415096f54448bcbfc4e316f61512392021-12-02T15:45:13ZExtinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/f7415096f54448bcbfc4e316f61512392020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15785-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The causes of the Upper Pleistocene megafauna extinction in Australia and New Guinea are debated, but fossil data are lacking for much of this region. Here, Hocknull and colleagues report a new, diverse megafauna assemblage from north-eastern Australia that persisted until ~40,000 years ago.Scott A. HocknullRichard LewisLee J. ArnoldTim PietschRenaud Joannes-BoyauGilbert J. PricePatrick MossRachel WoodAnthony DossetoJulien LouysJon OlleyRochelle A. LawrenceNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Science Q Scott A. Hocknull Richard Lewis Lee J. Arnold Tim Pietsch Renaud Joannes-Boyau Gilbert J. Price Patrick Moss Rachel Wood Anthony Dosseto Julien Louys Jon Olley Rochelle A. Lawrence Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
description	The causes of the Upper Pleistocene megafauna extinction in Australia and New Guinea are debated, but fossil data are lacking for much of this region. Here, Hocknull and colleagues report a new, diverse megafauna assemblage from north-eastern Australia that persisted until ~40,000 years ago.
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author	Scott A. Hocknull Richard Lewis Lee J. Arnold Tim Pietsch Renaud Joannes-Boyau Gilbert J. Price Patrick Moss Rachel Wood Anthony Dosseto Julien Louys Jon Olley Rochelle A. Lawrence
author_facet	Scott A. Hocknull Richard Lewis Lee J. Arnold Tim Pietsch Renaud Joannes-Boyau Gilbert J. Price Patrick Moss Rachel Wood Anthony Dosseto Julien Louys Jon Olley Rochelle A. Lawrence
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title	Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
title_short	Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
title_full	Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
title_fullStr	Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
title_full_unstemmed	Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
title_sort	extinction of eastern sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration

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