Science October 2004 PMID 15459379

Assessing the causes of late Pleistocene extinctions on the continents.

Anthony D Barnosky, Paul L Koch, Robert S Feranec, Scott L Wing, Alan B Shabel

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The overall discussions show strong interest and moderate engagement, exemplified by comments like 'search aja' and references to multiple papers, demonstrating curiosity and the desire for deeper understanding of the causes behind megafauna extinctions. The tone reflects a collaborative effort to explore and validate the research findings.

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Most discussions support the idea that humans played a significant role in the extinctions, as seen in comments mentioning 'human predation' and 'hungry, ingenious hunters'.

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The discussions reveal high interest, with participants suggesting searching for more information and referencing multiple papers.

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Scientists are debating whether humans or climate change caused the extinction of big animals called megafauna a long time ago.
Evidence shows that humans played a role in some places, but climate changes also played a big part, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.
In Australia, new studies suggest humans may have caused extinctions too, but the link to climate is less clear, so more research is needed to fully understand what happened everywhere.

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Further evidence human predation contributed to Late Pleistocene extinctions because they were: 1. Hungry 2. Ingenious hunters

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@AlnissaStore @semestasains https://t.co/6RGSzpVqD9 https://10.1126/science.1101476/ ada banyak kok btw papernya, search aja di https://t.co/PUPUuHRXzy past mega fauna extinction gitu

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