"I was surprised to see things fit so nicely," said Ben Potter, an archaeologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, acknowledging the evidence that supports the hunting hypothesis for megafauna extinction.
"For decades, most paleontologists blamed the climate for the disappearance of North America's megafauna. Their extinction coincided with the end of the last ice age, a time when the planet quickly warmed and glaciers retreated northward," highlighting the historical context of climate-driven extinction narratives.
"Paul Martin believed that the difference was people. The last ice age was part of a cycle of warming and cooling that had lasted for millions of years, prompting questions about why megafauna couldn't survive this time," discussing the shift in thinking regarding the causes of extinction.
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