The Pleistocene extinctions of 13,000 years ago were caused by a warming and drying environment and human caused fires.
Tag: megafauna
Early evidence of mammoth slaying in Mexico comes from an Ice Age hunting camp
The oldest concrete proof of conflicts between Ice Age humans and megafauna in the Basin of Mexico can be found in this hunter gatherer hideaway.
This 50,000-Year-Old Giant Kangaroo Isn’t Even Related to Australian Kangaroos
A strange enormous kangaroo roamed the steep jungles of New Guinea long ago, practically until the end of the last ice age. According to new studies, this kangaroo was not closely linked to present Australian kangaroos. Rather, it is a previously unknown species of primitive kangaroo found only in New Guinea.