And absence of other megafauna in kill sites doesn't mean ... two million years only to succumb to the one that closed the Pleistocene. The dearth of evidence doesn't deter researchers working ...

Megafauna have always existed in Australia. But around 2.5 million years ago, they became enormous. The largest of these animals existed during a period of time known as the Pleistocene epoch.

They were the ancient Australian megafauna—huge animals that roamed the continent during the Pleistocene epoch. In boneyards across the continent, scientists have found the fossils of a giant ...

At the end of the Pleistocene epoch, around 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, many “megafauna” species went extinct. Scientists are still trying to understand why this extinction event occurred.

By the end of the Pleistocene epoch, around 13,000 years ago, megafauna had spread the oily fruits throughout Central and northern South America, and helped them diversify into at least three ...

gomphotheres and toxodons that roamed across Central America during the late Pleistocene. These megafauna ate prehistoric avocados whole, spreading the pits—and, as a consequence, the fruits ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Evidence for Human Involvement in Extinction of Megafauna in the Late Pleistocene (9 of 9)...American Association for the Advancement of ...

Pleistocene secrets exposed After crossing ... about the lives of long-extinct creatures and their environment. Megafauna roamed the Las Vegas Valley from 100,000 to 12,500 years ago.