via PNAS, 18 May 2021: A new paper debunks the idea that the arrival of ancient humans caused mass extinctions in islands. Modern humans however…
The arrival of modern humans into previously unoccupied island ecosystems is closely linked to widespread extinction, and a key reason cited for Pleistocene megafauna extinction is anthropogenic overhunting. A common assumption based on late Holocene records is that humans always negatively impact insular biotas, which requires an extrapolation of recent human behavior and technology into the archaeological past. Hominins have been on islands since at least the early Pleistocene and Homo sapiens for at leas
Source: No evidence for widespread island extinctions after Pleistocene hominin arrival | PNAS
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