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American megafaunal extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene
Title
American megafaunal extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene / edited by Gary Haynes.
ISBN
9781402087929 (acid-free paper)
1402087926 (acid-free paper)
9781402087936 (e-ISBN)
1402087934 (e-ISBN)
Published
[Dordrecht, Netherlands] : Springer, c2009.
Physical Description
vii, 201 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 05, 2009
Series
Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Sudden deaths : the chronology of terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinction / Stuart Fiedel
Estimates of Clovis-era megafaunal populations and their extinction risks / Gary Haynes
Paleobiology and extinction of proboscideans in the Great Lakes region of North America / Daniel C. Fisher
Human prey choice in the late Pleistocene and its relation to megafaunal extinctions / Todd A. Surovell and Nicole M. Waguespack
Ancient DNA and the genetic consequences of late Pleistocene extinctions / Alex D. Greenwood
Did humans cause the late Pleistocene-early Holocene mammalian extinctions in South America in a context of shrinking open areas? / Alberto L. Cione, Eduardo P. Tonni, and Leopoldo Soibelzon
The elusive evidence : the archaeological record of the South American extinct megafauna / Luis Alberto Borrero
Insulae infortunatae : establishing a chronology for late Quaternary mammal extinctions in the West Indies / R.D.E. MacPhee
Afterword, and thoughts about the future literature / Gary Haynes.
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