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developments in geochronological dating. Together these have been used to posit a rapid demise of megafauna due to over-hunting by
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concerning the degree of prey naivety to human hunters. In addition, we show that in Greater Australia, where the extinctions occurred
well before the end of the last Ice Age (unlike the North American situation), estimates of the duration of coexistence between humans
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Explaining the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions: Models, chronologies, and assumptions</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Brook, Barry W.</span> and <span class="person_name">Bowman, David M.J.S.</span> (2002) <xhtml:em>Explaining the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions: Models, chronologies, and assumptions.</xhtml:em> PNAS - National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 99 (23). pp. 14624-14627. ISSN 0027-8424</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2427/1/Brook_Bowman_-_Megafaunal_extinction.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2427/1/Brook_Bowman_-_Megafaunal_extinction.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />88Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3142" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.232126899">http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.232126899</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Understanding of the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions has been advanced recently by the application of simulation models and new
developments in geochronological dating. Together these have been used to posit a rapid demise of megafauna due to over-hunting by
invading humans. However, we demonstrate that the results of these extinction models are highly sensitive to implicit assumptions
concerning the degree of prey naivety to human hunters. In addition, we show that in Greater Australia, where the extinctions occurred
well before the end of the last Ice Age (unlike the North American situation), estimates of the duration of coexistence between humans
and megafauna remain imprecise. Contrary to recent claims, the existing data do not prove the ‘‘blitzkrieg’’ model of overkill.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Northern Territory University, Darwin 0909, Northern Territory, Australia</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270000.html">270000 Biological Sciences</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2427</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Scholarly Publications Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">12 Nov 2007 10:41</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2427;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2427">item control page</a></p>
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