Large-bodied vertebrates disappeared in geographically staggered waves during the late Quaternary.
Represented range0.126–0.01 Ma
RegionsAustralia · Eurasia · North America · South America
CladesMammalia · Aves
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event-mechanism · medium
Globally, late Quaternary megafaunal extinction severity tracks human expansion more strongly than climate; climatic effects in the cited comparison are weaker and regionally concentrated, especially in Eurasia.