Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
Abstract
Explanations for the Upper Pleistocene extinction of megafauna from Sahul (Australia and New Guinea) remain unresolved. Extinction hypotheses have advanced climate or human-driven scenarios, in spite of over three quarters of Sahul lacking reliable biogeographic or chronologic data. Here we present new megafauna from north-eastern Australia that suffered extinction sometime after 40,100 (±1700) years ago. Megafauna fossils preserved alongside...
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Title
Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
Published Date
May 18, 2020
Journal
Volume
11
Issue
1
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