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Death in the slow lane

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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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Figure 1: Prehistoric victim.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College, Silwood Park, SL5 7PY, Ascot, UK

    Marcel Cardillo

  2. Department of Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Adrian Lister

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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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