Late Pleistocene extinctions
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title:
Late Pleistocene extinctions
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The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw the extinction of the majority of the world's megafauna, which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity across the globe. The extinctions during the Late Pleistocene are differentiated from previous extinctions by its extreme size bias towards large animals, and widespread absence of ecological succession to replace these extinct megafaunal species, and the regime shift of previously established faunal relationships and habi
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Extinctions of large mammals in the Late Pleistocene
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctions
date created:
2008-08-09T12:03:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:55:53Z
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