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Anthropology

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2. Perhaps this is why so many of the mega-sized animals disappeared, not because of the Ice Ages,

Tue Feb 7, 2023, 05:49 PM

Feb 2023

since they occurred over millions of years, but because Mankind was a factor by then and hunted them to extinction.

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Neanderthals Hunted Giant Elephants Much Larger Than The Ones Today [View all] Warpy Feb 2023 OP

Even megafauna not susceptible to active hunting disappeared Warpy Feb 2023 #4

We really guess about the Neanderthal's ability to think and plan. Chainfire Feb 2023 #3

I disagree, Neanderthals weren't nitwits Warpy Feb 2023 #5