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While mammoths were hunted by early human populations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, the primary cause of their extinction was changing climate, and disease. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source
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Does Amazonian Rock Art ‘Sistine Chapel’ Depict Ice Age Megafauna?
March 22nd, 2022 
Awake Goy Earlier this month, the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B published detailed analyses and pictures of the spectacular 8 mile (13 km) long rock art mural discovered in the Amazon Read more Section: News History & Archaeology Unexplained Phenomena Read Later Source
The World As It Once Was: The Shifting Baseline In Iconic Megafauna
November 30th, 2021 Awake Goy Centuries of trophy and commercial hunting, isolation in captivity and poaching, have caused a baseline shift in the perception of iconic megafauna such as Asian and African elephants, which should actually be benchmarked with their species of 3,500 and 150 years ago, respectively. The shifting baseline syndrome can be defined as “ a gradual change […]
10,000-Year-Old Footprints Tell Amazing Story of Human Encounter with Megafauna
October 12th, 2020 Awake Goy Archaeologists at White Sands National Park in New Mexico examining a 10,000-year-old track of human footprints, have made more fascinating discoveries. But they’ve also unearthed a trowel-full of unanswered questions about the timeworn mystery of the relationship between humans and ice age megafauna. Archaeology Detectives: Following Fossilized Footprints to Retrace Ancient Footsteps The Alkali Flat […]
Nature Killed Off Megafauna, And It Could Happen Again
October 9th, 2020 Awake Goy The giant beasts and ancient megafauna that roamed Southeast Asia 100,000 years ago died because of climate change. A team of scientists from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, has published a new study in the journal Nature which claims that over 2.6 million years (the Pleistocene), Southeast Asia fluctuated from a wet tropical environment to […]
