North American Megafauna Extinction: Climate, Humans, and Catastrophe The end of the Pleistocene epoch, roughly 12,000 years ago, marked more than the passing of an ice age—it was the collapse of an entire ecological world. Late Pleistocene North America supported a diverse guild of large-bodied animals, clinically defined as megafauna (species exceeding 44 kg / 97 lbs). Among them were the proboscideans—Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus) and American Mastodons (Mammut); apex predators such as the Sabe
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North American Megafauna Extinction: Climate, Humans, and Catastrophe The end of the Pleistocene epoch, roughly 12,000 years ago, marked more than the passing of an ice age—it was the collapse of an entire ecological world. Late Pleistocene North America supported a diverse guild of large-bodied animals, clinically defined as megafauna (species exceeding 44 kg / 97 lbs). Among them were the proboscideans—Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus) and American Mastodons (Mammut); apex predators such as the Sabe
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North America once teemed with extraordinary megafauna, including four species of elephants, dire wolves, massive sloths as large as elephants, and towering mammoths like the Imperial Mammoth, which reached 16 feet tall at the shoulder. Predators like the North American Pleistocene lion, the size of a horse, and the 1,500-pound short-faced bear roamed the continent alongside giant cave bears. These magnificent creatures vanished in a geological instant, leaving a legacy of wonder and mystery abo
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North America once teemed with extraordinary megafauna, including four species of elephants, dire wolves, massive sloths as large as elephants, and towering mammoths like the Imperial Mammoth, which reached 16 feet tall at the shoulder. Predators like the North American Pleistocene lion, the size of a horse, and the 1,500-pound short-faced bear roamed the continent alongside giant cave bears. These magnificent creatures vanished in a geological instant, leaving a legacy of wonder and mystery abo
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