Synergistic roles of climate warming and human occupation in Patagonian megafaunal extinctions during the Last Deglaciation

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Metcalf, J., Turney, C., Barnett, R., Martin, F., Bray, S., Vilstrup, J., Orlando, L., Salas-Gismondi, R., Loponte, D., Medina, M., De Nigris, M., Civalero, T., Fernández, P., Gasco, A., Duran, V., Seymour, K., Otaola, C., Gil, A., Paunero, R., Prevosti, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
• Subjects: Climate; extinction; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austin; Seymour; Medina; Bray; Pablo; Jeremy; Bradshaw; Corey; Salas; Duran; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/110979; https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501682

The causes of Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions (60,000 to 11,650 years ago, hereafter 60 to 11.65 ka) remain contentious, with major phases coinciding with both human arrival and climate change around the world. The Americas provide a unique opportunity to disentangle these factors as human c...