For the last 10,000 years, thousands of species have perished from the Holocene extinction event, which is still ongoing.

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year. Bringing back woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and giant moa (or close approximations ...

On the provocatively titled Holocene Extinction, Arkansas bruisers Terminal Nation make two things abundantly clear: they're not here to mince words, and things are pretty much fucked. Every day ...

Scientists have rediscovered an elusive chameleon in Madagascar that was last seen over a century ago. The Voeltzkow's chameleon is a unique species that have a lifespan of just a few months ...

However, the transition to the Holocene marked a period of significant turnover, with many endemic species experiencing shifts in distribution, population decline or outright extinction.

Date 2009 C2009 Pleistocene Type Books Physical description vii, 201 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm Place America Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic Paleontology Paleoecology Extinction (Biology) ...

Object Details Author Steadman, David W Smithsonian Institution Press Summary This study surveys the late Holocene vertebrate fossil record from Isla Floreana, Galápagos. Over 20,000 fossils from four ...