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. 2020 Jan 6;30(1):R32-R35.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.017.

Paleoecology: The Functional Uniqueness of Ancient Megafauna

Robert M Pringle  1
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Paleoecology: The Functional Uniqueness of Ancient Megafauna

Robert M Pringle. Curr Biol. .
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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.

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