The timing of Late Pleistocene mammalian extinctions in North America |
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| Authors: | David J Meltzer Jim I Mead |
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| Institution: | Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 USA;Laboratory for Paleoenvironmental Studies, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA |
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| Abstract: | More than 375 14C dates from 150 fossil sites in North America have been analyzed to evaluate the question of extinction of Late Pleistocene megafauna. When critically evaluated, no 14C ages for any extinct Pleistocene genera are younger than 10,000 yr B.P. |
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