10,000 years ago, many mammals over 100lbs went extinct. It was called the Late Pleistocene extinction of megafauna. Some scientists believed humans caused it. I’ve always been skeptical because: 1. Hunting is not energy efficient 2. Humans were primarily foragers
I think Diamond talks about this in The Third Chimpanzee. In South Pacific islands, the most recent megafauna bones are as old as the oldest human tools. Hmmm.
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Also, Africa has megafauna! Because they coevolved with us there and learned how to scare off humans.
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