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> mainland mammoths were hunted to extinction Beth Shapiro's work on the Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison [1] supports an alternative narrative. Tho
by sradman 6y ago
> mainland mammoths were hunted to extinction
Beth Shapiro's work on the Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison [1] supports an alternative narrative. Though I'm not sure why the last glacial termination was worse for large steppe fauna compared to previous ones. Maybe sapiens tipped the balance for a number of species already teetering on the brink of extinction every 100 kyr.
[1] https://ir.lib.sfu.ca/item/15088 https://ir.lib.sfu.ca/item/15088
- chrisco255 6y agoThe Younger Dryas saw temps swing from glacial temps to interglacial temps back to glacial temps before going back up to present-day Holocene temps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas Those kind of oscillations in climate had to be massively disruptive for all life on earth.