Humans rather than climate the primary cause of Pleistocene megafaunal extinction in Australia

Sander van der Kaars; Gifford H. Miller; Chris S. M. Turney; Ellyn J. Cook; Dirk Nürnberg; Joachim Schönfeld; A. Peter Kershaw; Scott J. Lehman

doi:10.1038/ncomms14142

Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Humans rather than climate the primary cause of Pleistocene megafaunal extinction in Australia

Sander van der Kaars,
Gifford H. Miller,
Chris S. M. Turney,
Ellyn J. Cook,
Dirk Nürnberg,
Joachim Schönfeld,
A. Peter Kershaw,
Scott J. Lehman

Affiliations

Sander van der Kaars: School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
Gifford H. Miller: INSTAAR and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado
Chris S. M. Turney: Climate Change Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Ellyn J. Cook: School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
Dirk Nürnberg: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Joachim Schönfeld: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
A. Peter Kershaw: School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
Scott J. Lehman: INSTAAR and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14142
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Megafaunal extinction in Australia has been attributed to both climate change and human causation. Here, van der Kaarset al. present a 150,000 year record offshore southwest Australia in which they refine the timing and nature of regional ecosystem changes and megafaunal population collapse.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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