megafaunal extinctions
Slaying Giants: An Introduction to the Megafaunal Extinctions
Woolly mammoth hunting scene
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hunting_Woolly_Mammoth.jpg
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Human compared to a giant moa and an elephant bird
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Archaeoindris life reconstruction
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archaeoindris_fontoynonti.jpg
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Archaeoindris skull
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Entering the Dreamtime: The Ancient Giants of Ice Age Australia
Diprotodon optatum model (cover image)
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/goosmurf/10881822383
Attribution: Yun Huang Yong
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Sahul map
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Attribution/Licence: By Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) (Self made, using this map for the background) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Thylacoleo carnifex reconstruction
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Attribution/Licence: By Jose manuel canete [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Varanus priscus illustration
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Quinkana fortirostrum illustration
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A Great Escape? The Limited Loss of Large Species in Africa & Southern Asia
Palaeoloxodon namadicus & Indricothere life reconstruction
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https://www.deviantart.com/sameerprehistorica/art/Largest-Land-Mammal-Ever-520765132
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Indricothere, human, and Palaeoloxodon namadicus size comparison
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Largest_land_mammals_size_chart.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By A. Larramendi [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
American Armageddon: The Terrible Wipeout of Great Wonders from the Western Continents
Smilodon fatalis
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Arctodus simus
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La Brea tar pits scene
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Attribution/Licence: Charles R. Knight [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Life reconstruction of Cuvieronius
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Attribution/Licence: By Sergiodlarosa [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Life reconstruction of Megatherium americanum
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megatherium_NT_small.jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com http://spinops.blogspot.com/ [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Coming to America: Human Arrival and the Demise of Massive Mammals in the Americas
Early American encountering mammoths
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https://www.nps.gov/bela/learn/nature/the-ice-age.htm
Attribution: U.S. National Park Service
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Older, ‘Clovis-first’ model of colonisation of the Americas through an ice-free corridor
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Clovis stone spear points from Rummells-Maske, Iowa, USA
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Fantastic Beasts: The Lost Leviathans of Northern Eurasia
European cave lion skull
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Attribution/Licence: By Didier Descouens [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
American megafauna
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rewilding_vision.jpg
Attribution: Sergio De la Rosa
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus reconstruction
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Elasmotherium sibericum reconstruction
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https://www.deviantart.com/sameerprehistorica/art/Extinct-Park-Elasmotherium-567664825
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Aurochs bull reconstruction
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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Aurochs_reconstruction.jpg
Attribution: Jaap Rouwenhorst
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Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus)
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How the Mighty Fell: The Four Phases in the Megafaunal Extinctions of Northern Eurasia
Palaeolithic Homo sapiens man
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Neanderthal man
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Neanderthal with fur close-up
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https://stock.adobe.com/uk/images/expression/50553807?prev_url=detail
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Wrangel Island location map
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chukchi_Sea_map.png
Attribution: NormanEinstein
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The Verdict: Did the First Irish Drive the Extinction of the Giant Irish Deer?
Giant Irish deer braying
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Giant Irish deer skeleton black background
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megaloceros_(8062085049).jpg
Attribution/Licence: By Gyik Toma (Tommy the paleobear) from Romania (Megaloceros) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Chris Madden cartoon
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