Quaternary extinction event
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pleistocene-Holocene extinction, Late Quaternary Extinctions, Quaternary Megafauna Extinction, LQE, QME
mass extinction event, around 10000 BCE, marking the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene, during which many megafauna species went extinct; hypothesized to be caused by human hunting and/or natural climate change
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It sits within the topics Extinction events, Megafauna and Palaeontology articles needing expert attention.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- extinction event
- Part of
- Quaternary
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- point in time
- 9750-00-00
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Gomphothere
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human
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Ursidae
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Cervidae
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rhinoceros
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Rodentia
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Nile hippopotamus
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Mammuthus
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Rangifer tarandus
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Saiga
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New World vulture
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Smilodon
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Equus ferus
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denisovan
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Mammut
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Oreamnos americanus
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Chauvet Cave
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biological life cycle
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Flamingos
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