Who killed the megafauna? A tale of climate change, murder and mystery.
- π€ Speaker: David Williams and Graham Prescott, University of Cambridge
- π Date & Time: Friday 21 January 2011, 13:00 - 14:00
- π Venue: Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ
Abstract
Most of the large terrestrial animals present 100,000 years ago are now extinct, and the causes of these extinctions have been highly controversial. We quantitatively analysed extinction patterns to determine whether human arrival and/or climatic change were to blame.
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David Williams and Graham Prescott, University of Cambridge
Friday 21 January 2011, 13:00-14:00