Organism

Mammoth

TL;DR

Megafauna extinction at end of Pleistocene likely resulted from combined hunting pressure and climate change overwhelming slow reproduction.

Mammuthus primigenius

Mammal

Megafauna extinction at end of Pleistocene likely resulted from combined hunting pressure and climate change overwhelming slow reproduction. Example of how large mammals with low reproductive rates are vulnerable to extinction from population crashes.

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