overkill hypothesis

paleontology

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In Pleistocene Epoch: Megafaunal extinctions
The first theory, the so-called overkill hypothesis, receives support from the coincidence in the timing of the mass extinction and the appearance of large numbers of human hunters, as evidenced by the Clovis complex, an ancient culture centred in North America. Clovis archaeological sites (concentrated in Arizona, New Mexico, and…
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