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Pleistocene extinctions the search for a cause editors, P.S. Martin and H.E. Wright, Jr

A bestiary for Pleistocene biologists / Paul S. Martin and John E. Guilday -- Introduction / Edward S. Deevey Jr. -- Prehistoric overkill / Paul S. Martin -- Differential extinction during ...
Ars Technica

Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...
Ars Technica

De-extinction company announces that the dire wolf is back

On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction: the dire wolf. These large predators were lost during the Late Pleistocene extinctions that ...
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Were Clovis foragers in late Pleistocene North America big-game hunters, or just big-game scavengers?

There are currently 15 well-documented Late Pleistocene localities in North America in which Clovis points are found associated with proboscidean remains (of mammoth, mastodon and gomphothere).
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American megafaunal extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene / edited by Gary Haynes

Sudden deaths : the chronology of terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinction / Stuart Fiedel -- Estimates of Clovis-era megafaunal populations and their extinction risks / Gary Haynes -- Paleobiology ...
Forbes

The Dire Wolf Has Been Brought Back To Life — Here Are 3 Other Extinct ‘Giants’ This Biologist Would Love To See In The Flesh

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A massive breakthrough was announced this week by the ...