Megafaunal extinction in the late quaternary and the global overkill hypothesis

Alcheringa

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 291-331

  Wroe, Stephen ^a   Field, Judith ^a   Fullagar, Richard ^a   Jermin, Lars S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blitzkrieg; Hunting; Mass extinction; Megafauna; Overkill; Pleistocene; Predation; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS EXTINCTION; QUATERNARY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2542498605     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510408619286     Document Type: Article

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