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The evidence is mounting: humans were responsible for the extinction of large mammals - EurekAlert


Human hunting, not climate change, played a decisive role in the extinction of large mammals over the last 50,000 years. This conclusion comes from researchers at Aarhus University, who reviewed over 300 scientific articles from many different fields of research. from many different fields of research.

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