An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa

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An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa

New Zealand moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) are the only late Quaternary megafauna whose extinction was clearly caused by humans. New Zealand offers the best opportunity to estimate the number of people involved in a megafaunal extinction event because, uniquely, both the Polynesian settlement of New Z...

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Main Authors:	Holdaway, R., Allentoft, M., Jacomb, C., Oskam, C., Beavan, N., Bunce, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11442

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