Archaeology Quiz: Megafaunal Extinctions

By K. Kris Hirst, About.com GuideOctober 11, 2009

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Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on the planet's ecological disaster called Megafaunal Extinctions.

Woolly Mammoth at London's Horniman Museum.
Photo Credit: Jim Linwood

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Megafaunal Extinctions

October 13, 2009 at 12:06 pm (1) larry Lahren says:: If 100 lbs.= “mega” fauna then contemporary antelope, etc. are “mega” fauna. And didn’t mammoth survive on the Channel Islands?
October 13, 2009 at 9:32 pm (2) Kris Hirst says:: Yep, you are right: not all megafauna died off, just (just!) 85 different genera.