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Peer reviewedMartin, Paul S. – Science, 1973
Discusses a model for explaining the spread of human population explosion on North American continent since its discovery 12,000 years ago. The model may help to map the spread of Homo sapiens throughout the New World by using the extinction chronology of the Pleistocene megafauna. (Author/PS)
Descriptors: College Science, Earth Science, Population Growth, Resource Materials
Peer reviewedReed, Charles A. – Bioscience, 1970
Traces changes in the distribution and the extinction of many large mammals since the Pleistocene. Implicates man as the chief agent of extinction. (EB)
Descriptors: Archaeology, Biology, Evolution, Geographic Distribution
Peer reviewedLang, Anna J. – Journal of Geography, 1979
Discusses systematics, ecology, and distribution of New Zealand's moas (flightless birds). Presents two theories of extinction: environmental catastrophe and human impact. Concludes that some moa species survived the Pleistocene epoch and primitive man completed the extinction process. (CK)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies
