Climate change, not human population growth, correlates with Late Quaternary megafauna declines in North America
Stewart et al. · 2021
Nature Communications
Citation
Stewart et al. (2021). Climate change, not human population growth, correlates with Late Quaternary megafauna declines in North America. Nature Communications.
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Editorial assessment & provenance
- Editorial assessment
- Neutral; evidence supports
- Source collection
- Peer Reviewed Literature
- Record type
- Paper
- Publication status
- Not independently checked
- Author affiliation
- Unaffiliated with YDB/CRG teams (source classification)
- Source location
- Peer Reviewed Literature, row 187
- Snapshot imported
- 2026-10-08
Source notes
Only mentions the impact hypothesis in passing, but ties the Younger Dryas climate episode to the extinction of the megafauna, rather than human overkill. Given this paper does not offer a stance on the YDIH, it usually would not be included, but it is very important
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