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Extinctions in North America were concentrated at the end of the Late Pleistocene, around 13,800–11,400 years Before Present, which were coincident with the onset of the Younger Dryas cooling period, as well as the emergence of the hunter-gatherer Clovis culture.
1 gru 2013 · We explore the deep history of anthropogenic extinctions, trace the accelerating loss of biodiversity around the globe, and argue that Late Pleistocene and Holocene extinctions can be seen as part of a single complex continuum increasingly driven by anthropogenic factors that continue today.
Pleistocene overkill, the notion that humans overhunted megafauna near the end of the Pleistocene in the Americas, Australia, and beyond, is used as prime example of the impact that humans can have on the planet.
5 wrz 2018 · In this paper, we summarize the overkill hypothesis and the debate about the cause of the late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions. We then delve into problems of cross-disciplinary communication by conducting a citation analysis of cited works of Paul Martin, the author of the overkill hypothesis.
13 gru 2021 · When assessing the roles of both climate change and human overkill in the Quaternary extinction, it is likely that the late Pleistocene climate exacerbated the effects of Paleoindian hunting practices in a deadly fashion.
16 lut 2021 · The disappearance of many North American megafauna at the end of the Pleistocene is a contentious topic. While the proposed causes for megafaunal extinction are varied, most researchers fall into...
“Overkill” means that human hunting precipitated extinction by causing death rate to exceed birth rate, with the process taking 1500 years or more. (4).
