American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene

1. Introduction to the Volume
Gary Haynes

2. Sudden Deaths: The Chronology of Terminal Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction
Stuart Fiedel

3. Estimates of Clovis-Era Megafaunal Populations and Their Extinction Risks
Gary Haynes

4. Paleobiology and Extinction of Proboscideans in the Great Lakes Region of North America
Daniel C. Fisher

5. Human Prey Choice in the Late Pleistocene and Its Relation to Megafaunal Extinctions
Todd A. Surovell, Nicole M. Waguespack

6. Ancient DNA and the Genetic Consequences of Late Pleistocene Extinctions
Alex D. Greenwood

7. Did Humans Cause the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Mammalian Extinctions in South America in a Context of Shrinking Open Areas?
Alberto L. Cione, Eduardo P. Tonni, Leopoldo Soibelzon

8. The Elusive Evidence: The Archeological Record of the South American Extinct Megafauna
Luis Alberto Borrero

9.
Insulae infortunatae: Establishing a Chronology for Late Quaternary Mammal Extinctions in the West Indies
R. D. E. MacPhee

10. Afterword, and Thoughts About the Future Literature
Gary Haynes

Keywords: SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General SCI019000