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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
megafauna
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Our choice is based not just on feasibility, but also on each animal's "megafaunal charisma" - just how exciting the prospect of resurrecting these animals is ...
Archive 2009-02-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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Our choice is based not just on feasibility, but also on each animal's "megafaunal charisma" - just how exciting the prospect of resurrecting these animals is ...
I Love New Scientist (fan post) Heather McDougal 2009
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Although estimates of the population density of megafaunal species have large uncertainties, it seems unlikely that megafaunal populations were sufficient to constrain the spread of woody taxa in response to favorable environmental change.
Introduction to Arctic Tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems 2009
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A multispecies overkill simulation of the end-Pleistocene megafaunal mass extinction.
Introduction to Arctic Tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems 2009
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I do predict that in 50 years the idea that humans were responsible for the American megafaunal extinction event will seem laughable.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part I | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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A multispecies overkill simulation of the end-Pleistocene megafaunal mass extinction.
Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009
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“Had the human coprolites at the Paisley Caves not been analyzed for DNA and subjected to rigorous dating methodology,” he added, the pre-Clovis age of the artifacts recovered with the megafaunal remains could not have been conclusively proven.
Oldest Human Coprolite Found Staq Mavlen 2008
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“Had the human coprolites at the Paisley Caves not been analyzed for DNA and subjected to rigorous dating methodology,” he added, the pre-Clovis age of the artifacts recovered with the megafaunal remains could not have been conclusively proven.
Archive 2008-04-01 Staq Mavlen 2008
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There are major implications for this view if megafaunal extinctions can be traced to overhunting by human populations.
Archive 2007-01-01 Christopher O'Brien 2007
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There are major implications for this view if megafaunal extinctions can be traced to overhunting by human populations.
On Megafaunal Extinctions and Talking To Creationists Christopher O'Brien 2007
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