Megafauna extinction: A paleoeconomic theory of human overkill in the pleistocene

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-323

  Bulte, Erwin ^a   Horan, Richard D ^b   Shogren, Jason F ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Early humans; Hunting; Megafauna collapse; Origins of agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844474189     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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