“As far as we are concerned, this research is the nail in the coffin of this 50-year debate – humans were the dominant cause of the extinction of megafauna,” Lewis Bartlett, the study’s ...

Field, who studies a site at Cuddy Springs in north west NSW, where both megafauna remains and human tools have been found side by side, says: "It's nice to see these guys moving away from the ...

Humans to Blame For Megafauna Extinctions, New Study Suggests. Story by Michelle Starr • 10mo. Once upon a time, our world was home to many giants. Actually, it wasn't so long ago.

Researchers claim there is now compelling evidence humans were responsible for the demise of Australia's megafauna. More than 40,000 years ago, the Australian continent was a menagerie of curious ...

Australia's Megafauna Coexisted With Humans Date: May 31, 2005 Source: University Of Sydney Summary: Analyses of ancient fossils suggest that early Australian Aborigines did not wipe out the ...

Giant Megafauna Lived Alongside Humans As Recently As 3,500 Years Ago. Story by Dr. Russell Moul • 3w. It seems some species of megafauna may have existed for much longer than previously assumed.

Humans and megafauna would inevitably interact at watering holes, leaving the giant animals vulnerable to hunting, further dwindling their numbers. (Credit: Centre of Excellence for Australia ...

For a long time, everybody was talking about how megafauna went extinct 11,000 years ago, and humans got to the Americas 13,000 years ago. So the Overkill Hypothesis makes sense from this perspective.

The Pleistocene world was filled with megafauna like woolly mammoths and saber-tooth cats. Did humans kill them all off? Wikimedia Commons Turn the clock back 1.8 million years, and the world was ...

Megafauna like massive elephants were once thought to have gone extinct due to humans arriving, but it turns out we weren't responsible after all.

If these animals were alive in Brazil at this time, then they would have lived side-by-side with humans who arrived in South America sometime between 20,000 and 17,000 years ago. This suggests a ...