American megafaunal extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene

摘要: Chapter 1: Introduction to the volume, Gary Haynes 2: Sudden deaths: chronology of Terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinction, Stuart Fiedel 3: Estimates Clovis-era populations and their extinction risks, 4: Paleobiology proboscideans in Great Lakes region North America, Daniel C. Fisher 5: Human prey choice Late its relation extinctions, Todd A. Surovell Nicole M. Waguespack 6: Ancient DNA genetic consequences Alex D. Greenwood 7: Did humans cause Pleistocene-Early Holocene mammalian extinctions South America a context shrinking open areas? Alberto L. Cione, Eduardo P. Tonni, Leopoldo Soibelzon 8: The elusive evidence: archeological record American extinct megamammals, Luis Borrero 9: Insulae infortunatae: establishing for Quaternary mammal West Indies, R.D.E. MacPhee 10: Afterword, thoughts about future literature,