Humans ancestors are not the cause of large mammal extinctions
A study by J. Tyler Faith, assistant professor of anthropology, finds that our human
ancestors are not to blame for the large mammal extinction but rather environmental
change. Research argues that grassland expansion caused by falling atmospheric carbon
dioxide (CO2) levels drove the extinctions. Continue reading.
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