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Pleistocene extinctions

Introduction to the Volume (*American Megafaunal Extinctions..".) -- Extinction theories and theorists

Scientists have been arguing for a very long time about what (or who) is to blame for the deaths. The theories tend to be unicausal; some are nearly apocalyptic and others are information-poor.

A Review of Some Attacks on the Overkill Hypothesis with Special Attention to Misrepresentations and Doubletalk

A Review of Some Attacks on the Overkill Hypothesis with Special Attention to Misrepresentations and Doubletalk

As discussed in the politically-incorrect paper below, the big animal extinctions in North America 10,000-years ago were caused more by human hunting than climate change. NOTE: this paper was originally published to Academia.edu on December 14, 2022. It was written by Gary Haynes. A review of some attacks