Humans, not climate, to blame for Ice Age-era disappearance of large mammals, study concludes
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 12:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Was it humankind or climate change that caused the extinction of a considerable number of large mammals about the time of the last Ice Age? Researchers have carried out the first global analysis of the extinction of the large animals, and the conclusion is clear -- humans are to blame. The study unequivocally points to humans as the cause of the mass extinction of large animals all over the world during the course of the last 100,000 years.