Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to prehistoric humans.
Apr 19, 2018. U of Nebraska-Lincoln. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 141536.htm
Summary:
Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and other recent human relatives may have begun hunting large mammal species down to size — by way of extinction — at least 90,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. The magnitude and scale of the extinction wave surpassed any other recorded during the last 66 million years, according to the study.
By contrast, the research team found little support for the idea that climate change drove size-biased extinctions during the last 66 million years. Large and small mammals seemed equally vulnerable to temperature shifts throughout that span, the authors reported.
"The anthropological record indicates that Homo sapiens are identified as a species around 200,000 years ago, so this occurred not very long after the birth of us as a species. It just seems to be something that we do...
Just something we do...obliterate millions of of other species...
This kind of thing reinforces my deep-paleo-conservatism: that the main effort anyone who has any ethics and awareness is to limit human capacity as much as possible (especially, of course, the capacity of those now with the most power). This is pretty much the polar opposite of the central point of modernity since at least the Enlightenment--to increase human capacity.