# Faith 2009: Synchronous extinction of North America's Pleistocene mammals

> J. Tyler Faith, Todd A. Surovell, 2009. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The extinction-timing evidence both sides cite.

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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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