At the end of the Pleistocene epoch, around 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, many “megafauna” species went extinct. Scientists are still trying to understand why this extinction event occurred.

Megafauna have always existed in Australia. But around 2.5 million years ago, they became enormous. The largest of these animals existed during a period of time known as the Pleistocene epoch.

And absence of other megafauna in kill sites doesn't mean ... two million years only to succumb to the one that closed the Pleistocene. The dearth of evidence doesn't deter researchers working ...

They were the ancient Australian megafauna—huge animals that roamed the continent during the Pleistocene epoch. In boneyards across the continent, scientists have found the fossils of a giant ...

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“Megafauna biomass tradeoff as a driver of ... American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene. Springer. Haynes, Gary. 2002. The Early Settlement of North America: The Clovis ...

Pleistocene secrets exposed After crossing ... about the lives of long-extinct creatures and their environment. Megafauna roamed the Las Vegas Valley from 100,000 to 12,500 years ago.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Evidence for Human Involvement in Extinction of Megafauna in the Late Pleistocene (9 of 9)...American Association for the Advancement of ...