Megafauna of Africa

Bison, or buffalo, are the tallest mammal in North America standing at six and a half to twelve and a half feet from feet to head, that is taller than an average male! Many breeds of bison are around the world, North American, European, and the Wisent are all breeds of the bison. The North American and European bison live on flat plains with fresh grass, which is a buffalo’s most common food they eat, but the bison in North America are only located along the west side of the U.S. Bison are found in many places, some are located in a savannah, some in forests, and others even in rain forests. Their location is all depended on their breed, and what country they live in. But, they always live near water so they can have fresh water to drink, and better grass to eat. Millions of bison used to roam all over North America hundreds of years ago. But, many people have killed the bison for food, bones for weapons, and even clothing. Now only 500,000 bison live in North America. 5,000 of the bison are free to go wherever they want and are not domesticated, 30,000 are in conservation centers to raise the population, and the rest of 465,000 are livestock raised in farms or other places. Bison are grazers, so their diet is grass and sedges, but it can possibly be berries. They can also eats shrubs that lie low to the ground. But when it becomes the winter time, they dig under the snow and feed off of the grass before it dies. Occasionally, the grass dies so they will eat twigs…

The anaconda, also known as the green anaconda, is the heaviest, largest, and second longest snake in the world. The only snake larger than it is the reticulated python, found in Southeastern Asia. Male anacondas are usually 3-3.5 meters, while females range from 4.6-5 meters long. Anacondas are only found in South American countries which are east of the Andes mountains, such as Bolivia, Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, and Ecuador. They mainly live in the Amazon river basin…

The size of the antelope’s head has a long symmetrical structure that is 14 5/8 inches long, and the based of the mask stretch a few inches wider than the antelope’s head to fit a human size face. The material is made out of a dark and warm-brown wood. It is smooth, and is faddily shiny on the mask. Starting from the top of the mask shows two long drilled horns that are straight and pointed. The length of the mask’s horns is not as long as the original antelope’s horns, yet it has a similar size…

Thousands of years ago on the island of Australia; megafauna roamed. By definition; the large animals of a region, these animals are now long extinct. But even today there is still debate about the true cause of this, there are three main theories: A inter-species illness, being hunted to extinction and a ‘sudden’ ice age, these three theories are more commonly known as ILL, KILL and CHILL respectively. In this essay; we’ll look at these theories in detail and draw conclusion as to which theory…

Extinction of the Megafauna While there are many studies and many hypotheses of how the megafauna may have gone extinct. I believe after watching “Mammoths Megabeasts Sudden Death” and doing some research. These animals went extinct due to an extraterrestrial meteorite that broke up before impact, striking the earth’s crust and creating an unnatural event. Creating a lack of food eventually leading to the extinction of the megafauna. In the documentary, around the time stamp of 41:00, it talks…

In Luca Ermini., et al’s. article “Major Transitions in Human Evolution Revisited: A Tribute to Ancient DNA” the authors explore the role that DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis, and specifically aDNA (ancient DNA), has played in reframing the theory of human migration out of Africa. The article addresses such areas as archaic hominins and their interbreeding with AMHs (anatomically modern humans), the path and timing of human migration through Eurasia and the Americas, and Megafauna…

Lindsey P. The threat to the world’s largest wild animals is much greater than we thought (2016) Retrieved from: https://theconversation.com/the-threat-to-the-worlds-largest-wild-animals-is-much-greater-than-we-thought-64063 Researchers found that 60% of the world’s largest herbivores, and 59% of the world's largest carnivores are facing large population and range loss. Earth’s megafauna, large animals, are becoming more and more endangered all over the globe. The places that home the most…

the first undisputed people to come to the Americas, the end of the Pleistocene Era and the last Ice Age, and the start of the Recent Era. Plant and animal domestication began within a few thousand years of 11,000 BCE in at least one part of the world. It is basically the starting point of everything and a suitable start to answer Yali's question. Diamond characterizes the Great Leap Forward to have occurred sometime around 50,000 years ago when humane at last took off. The Great Leap…

first human beings emerged in Africa about half a million years ago, and migrated to other parts of world in search of food and other necessities of life. The human generation’s main milestone of developing agriculture was achieved about eleven thousand years ago, and by fifteenth century A.D. different civilizations progressed at different pace. In Chapter 1 Diamond stated that humankind originated about seven million years ago in Africa and evolved from Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons to modern…

For the past 700,000 years Earth’s climate has fluctuated with ice ages occurring about every 100,000 years with short warm spells or “interglacials” of about 10,000 years between them. Mammoths were able to migrate from Africa to around 6.7 million years ago and stay for about 4 million years before moving up into Southern Europe. But because the mammoth lived in the Arctic, many remains of the species have been found preserved in the permafrost. Mammoths survived in the climate until nearly…