Were the Late Pleistocene extinctions of large mammals the result of climate change or big-game hunting by humans? Reconstructing the biology of extinct species provides clues to the answer.
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Cardillo, M., Lister, A. Death in the slow lane. Nature 419, 440–441 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419440a
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