Pre–Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation in southern California

Pre–Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation in southern California

How Early Humans May Have Transformed L.A.’s Landscape Forever
Science Friday, NPR, August 25, 2023
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/la-brea-saber-tooth-cat-fires/


The paper is:

O’Keefe, F.R., Dunn, R.E., Weitzel, E.M.,Waters, M.R., Martinez, L.N., Binder, W.J., Southon, J.R., Cohen, J.E., Meachen, J.A.,
DeSantis, L.R. and Kirby, M.E., 2023.
Pre–Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation at Rancho La Brea linked to fire-driven state
shift. Science, 381(6659), p.eabo3594.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Waters-5/publication/373173502_Pre-Younger_Dryas_megafaunal_extirpation_at_Rancho_La_Brea_linked_to_fire-driven_state_shift/links/64de6911177c590413009230/Pre-Younger-Dryas-megafaunal-extirpation-at-Rancho-La-Brea-linked-to-fire-driven-state-shift.pdf

https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abo3594

Yours,

Paul H.