Paleoecology: The Functional Uniqueness of Ancient Megafauna

Robert M. Pringle

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.017

Paleoecology: The Functional Uniqueness of Ancient Megafauna

Robert M. Pringle

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Reconstructing prehistoric animal communities is important for understanding the emergence of modern ecosystems and the environmental context of human evolution. A new study of African fossils spanning seven million years shows that ancient large-herbivore assemblages were functionally distinct from those that exist today.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R32-R35
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.017
State	Published - Jan 6 2020

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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