Impression: Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) – one of many herbivores that roam in the enclosure of the Pleistocene Park, character reserve in northern Sakha Republic, Russia. This ongoing grazing experiment started off in… look at more Credit: Frank Kienast By clearing forests, burning grasslands, plowing fields and harvesting crops, human beings use […]
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The first human settlers on islands caused extinctions
Impression: The Abaco parrot at the time lived on as many as 7 islands in the Bahamas, but now can generally be identified only on two islands. perspective more Credit: (Kamella Boullé/Macaulay Library) However some think prehistoric human beings lived in harmony with nature, a new evaluation of fossils displays human […]
Past tropical forest changes drove megafauna and hominin extinctions
Picture: Artist’s reconstruction of a savannah in Center Pleistocene Southeast Asia. In the foreground Homo erectus, stegodon, hyenas, and Asian rhinos are depicted. Drinking water buffalo can be viewed at the edge… see more Credit rating: Peter Schouten In a paper posted these days in the journal Character, experts from the […]