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. 2009 Mar 18;276(1667):2509–2519. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1921

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Time of arrival of modern Homo sapiens in different parts of the world in relation to the time of megafaunal extinction, against the background of changes in global temperature through the Last Glacial cycle. The line shows the relationship expected if human arrival and megafauna extinction were simultaneous. Regions are (1) New Zealand (Worthy & Holdaway 2002; Wilmshurst et al. 2008), (2) Madagascar (Burney et al. 2003, 2004), (3) northeast Siberia (Pitul'ko 2001; Stuart et al. 2004), (4) North America (Solow et al. 2006), (5) southern Europe (Stuart 2005; Roebroeks 2008), (6) Tasmania (Turney et al. 2008) and (7) mainland Australia (Gillespie et al. 2006; Johnson 2006). Temperature is indicated by deuterium ratios in Antarctic ice, from EPICA (2004); high values indicate high temperatures.