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So kind of interesting, in trying to find a way to view the gist of the content behind the above paywall, I found this article from about 5 years ago: https://

So kind of interesting, in trying to find a way to view the gist of the content behind the above paywall, I found this article from about 5 years ago: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/19/604031141/new-study-says-ancient-humans-hunted-big-mammals-to-extinction https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/19/604031141... > New Study Says Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction > Smith found that when humans arrived someplace, the rate of extinction for big mammals rose

nemo 3y ago
The NYT article is a theory that considers human behaviors besides hunting: >In a new study published Thursday in the journal Science, a group of paleontologists that analyzed fossil records at La Brea Tar Pits, a famous excavation site in Southern California, concluded that the disappearance of sabertooth cats, dire wolves and other large mammals in this region nearly 13,000 years ago was linked to rising temperatures and increased fire activity spurred by people. This is the article the NYT is citing: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3594 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3594