Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America (Organisms and Environments (Hardcover)) (Hardback) - Common Cover
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Twilight of the Mammoths Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America (Organisms and Environments (Hardcover)) (Hardback) - Common

Paul S. Martin

As recently as 11,000 years ago - "near time" to geologists - mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, ground sloths, giant armadillos, native camels and horses, the dire wolf, and many other large mammals roamed North America. In what has become one of science's greatest riddles, these large animals vani...

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This book, mentioned in the podcast, presents the "Blitzkrieg Hypothesis," suggesting that the rapid migration of humans into North America led to the extinction of many large animal species within a relatively short time frame. The podcast discusses evidence for and against this theory.

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And his argument was that about 15,000 years or so ago, humans began migrating out of Asia into North America confronting a bestiary of animals that had never seen human predators before. And these pe...

— Episode: Ep. 033

Episode: Ep. 033

This book, mentioned in the podcast, presents the "Blitzkrieg Hypothesis," suggesting that the rapid migration of humans into North America led to the extinction of many large animal species within a relatively short time frame. The podcast discusses evidence for and against this theory.

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And his argument was that about 15,000 years or so ago, humans began migrating out of Asia into North America confronting a bestiary of animals that had never seen human predators before. And these people were very accomplished predators with a very sophisticated toolkit.

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