WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first humans who spread across North America during the last Ice Age put mammoths at the top of their menu, according to scientists who secured the first direct evidence of ...

One of the most intriguing and intricate mysteries in paleontology is the disappearance of North America's giant mammals, or megafauna, which included saber-toothed cats, mastodons, and mammoths, some ...

Dr Mariya Antonosyan, Dr Torben Rick, and Prof Nicole Boivin are co-authors of a new Frontiers in Mammal Science article in which they used new methods to identify fossil bone fragments housed at the ...

A new study in PNAS finds that the extinction of massive mammals between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago continues to affect global food webs, particularly in the Americas. These megafauna once shaped ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A new study combining Indigenous knowledge systems with Western genomics has uncovered how megafauna – namely ancient horses – were impacted during a period of substantial habitat change. During the ...

"This volume is the result of a symposium 'Megafauna and Man : Discovery of America's Heartland' ... sponsored by the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, Inc. and Northern Arizona University ...