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Synchronous extinction of North America's Pleistocene mammals
J. Tyler Faith, Todd A. Surovell, 2009. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(49), 20641–20645.
Statistical analysis of last-appearance radiocarbon dates for North American megafaunal genera, finding the dates consistent with extinction in a short window at the end of the Pleistocene, a result the authors note cannot by itself distinguish between causes.
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Faith, J. T., & Surovell, T. A. (2009). Synchronous extinction of North America's Pleistocene mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(49), 20641–20645. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908153106
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author = {Faith, J. Tyler and Surovell, Todd A.},
title = {Synchronous extinction of North America's Pleistocene mammals},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(49), 20641–20645},
year = {2009},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.0908153106},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908153106}
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Faith, J. Tyler and Todd A. Surovell. “Synchronous extinction of North America's Pleistocene mammals.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(49), 20641–20645 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908153106.