Prehistoric humans blamed for mass extinctions
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13/06/2001
It is called "Blitzkrieg" or "Overkill," but it is not the latest Hollywood war epic. It is the scientific theory that prehistoric people moving for the first time into new geographical areas during their spread around the world invariably hunted large animals into extinction. New work by American and Australian researchers is adding weight to the theory, while undercutting the notion that climate change and not human influence was the cause.