> In recent years more and more evidence has been accumulated to the effect that humans were a major factor in the extinction of large animals What about this?

> In recent years more and more evidence has been accumulated to the effect that humans were a major factor in the extinction of large animals What about this? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21201-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21201-8 I think "climate change" is potentially an important confounding variable here. Also I thought "animals" would link to a source but it just searches their site for the word "animals".