Late Pleistocene South American megafaunal extinctions associated with rise of Fishtail points and human population

Human arrival in South America predated the extinction of regional megafauna by a substantial margin, which has suggested a different cause for the extinctions. However, here, the authors show that megafaunal extinctions do correspond to the spread of hunting tools and human population shifts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luciano Prates, S. Ivan Perez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22506-4