What caused extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna of Sahul?

被引：38

作者：

Johnson, C. N. ^{[1
]}

Alroy, J. ^{[2
]}

Beeton, N. J. ^{[1
]}

Bird, M. I. ^{[3
]}

Brook, B. W. ^{[1
]}

Cooper, A. ^{[4
]}

Gillespie, R. ^{[6
,7
]}

Herrando-Perez, S. ^{[5
,8
]}

Jacobs, Z. ^{[6
]}

Miller, G. H. ^{[9
,10
]}

Prideaux, G. J. ^{[11
]}

Roberts, R. G. ^{[6
]}

Rodriguez-Rey, M. ^{[5
]}

Saltre, F. ^{[5
]}

Turney, C. S. M. ^{[12
]}

Bradshaw, C. J. A. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tasmania, Sch Biol Sci, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia

[2] Macquarie Univ, Dept Biol Sci, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia

[3] James Cook Univ, Coll Sci Technol & Engn, Ctr Trop Environm & Sustainabil Studies, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia

[4] Univ Adelaide, Australian Ctr Ancient DNA, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

[5] Univ Adelaide, Sch Biol Sci, Inst Environm, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

[6] Univ Wollongong, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Archaeol Sci, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

[7] Australian Natl Univ, Sch Culture Hist & Language, Archaeol & Nat Hist, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

[8] Spanish Res Council CSIC, Natl Museum Nat Sci, Dept Biogeog & Global Change, C Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain

[9] Univ Colorado, Geol Sci, Inst Arctic & Alpine Res, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[10] Curtin Univ, Environm & Agr, Perth, WA 6102, Australia

[11] Flinders Univ S Australia, Sch Biol Sci, Bedford Pk, SA 5042, Australia

[12] Univ New S Wales, Climate Change Res Ctr, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 2016年 / 283卷 / 1824期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

quaternary; prehistory; palaeoecology; archeology; human impacts; climate change; LATE QUATERNARY MEGAFAUNA; TEMPORAL FREQUENCY-DISTRIBUTIONS; AUSTRALIAN MEGAFAUNA; CLIMATIC-CHANGE; GENYORNIS-NEWTONI; HUMAN OCCUPATION; RECORD; IMPACT; VARIABILITY; MONSOON;

D O I：

10.1098/rspb.2015.2399

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

During the Pleistocene, Australia and New Guinea supported a rich assemblage of large vertebrates. Why these animals disappeared has been debated for more than a century and remains controversial. Previous synthetic reviews of this problem have typically focused heavily on particular types of evidence, such as the dating of extinction and human arrival, and have frequently ignored uncertainties and biases that can lead to misinterpretation of this evidence. Here, we review diverse evidence bearing on this issue and conclude that, although many knowledge gaps remain, multiple independent lines of evidence point to direct human impact as the most likely cause of extinction.

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