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


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.

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