megafauna
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- noun
- /ˈmɛɡəˌfɔːnə/
- Specialized
- In Australia, unique megafauna like the Diprotodon once lived alongside early humans.
- charismatic megafauna
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Watch on YouTubeThey're charismatic megafauna, as the phrase goes.
- They're charismatic megafauna, as the phrase goes.
- We have in the Americas this long period of time that we call the, the, the Paleo Indian time where they were hunting megafauna.
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Every species on the planet, from the tiniest microorganism to the largest megafauna, occupies territory.
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We know a whole lot about charismatic megafauna and not very much about much else.
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These people are as much a part of a transition ecology as the giant trees and flying megafauna.
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They're charismatic megafauna, as the phrase goes.
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Most such megafauna became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago.
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That might resolve questions such as whether America's megafauna were hunted to extinction, and when waves of immigration from Asia took place.
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The earliest American settlers were hunters of megafauna such as mammoths and were assumed to be part of a so-called Clovis culture arriving around twelve thousand years ago.
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In other parts of Australia, there are Aboriginal stories of megafauna—giant kangaroos, snakes, emus, and other creatures—estimated to have died out between thirty and fifty thousand years ago, depending on species.
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Many scientists study the ancient megafauna that roamed the Earth millions of years ago.
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The skeletons of megafauna such as woolly mammoths have provided insight into prehistoric life.
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Etymology
Megafauna comes from mega meaning 'large' and fauna meaning 'animals', as in the common phrase 'flora and fauna'. So, megafauna are the very large animals, often those from long ago like woolly mammoths and giant sloths.