Extinction of Mainland and Island Mammoth Populations in Alaska
6,000 Years Ago, Royal Tyrrell Museum Speaker Series 2017
Dr. Duane Froese, University of Alberta, presents new research
on the extinction of mammoths and other megafauna from
Arctic North America and the causes of the final extinction of
a population on St. Paul Island, Alaska, about 6000 years ago.
Some of the papers referenced in the talk are:
Graham, R.W., Belmecheri, S., Choy, K., Culleton, B.J., Davies,
L.J., Froese, D., Heintzman, P.D., Hritz, C., Kapp, J.D., Newsom,
L.A. and Rawcliffe, R., 2016. Timing and causes of mid-Holocene
mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, p. 9310–9314.
Guthrie, R.D., 2006. New carbon dates link climatic change
with human colonization and Pleistocene extinctions.
Nature, 441(7090), pp. 207-209.
Palkopoulou, E., Dalén, L., Lister, A.M., Vartanyan, S., Sablin,
M., Sher, A., Edmark, V.N., Brandström, M.D., Germonpré, M.,
Barnes, I. and Thomas, J.A., 2013, November. Holarctic
genetic structure and range dynamics in the woolly
mammoth. In Proc. R. Soc. B (Vol. 280, No. 1770, 9 pp.)
The Royal Society.
Yours,
Paul H.