research Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus 18 Sep 2024 Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Christian Reepmeyer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut - German Archaeological Institute, and Theodora Moutsiou, University of Cyprus Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000…
research Extinct megafauna prone to ancient hunger games 14 Dec 202114 Dec 2021 I'm very chuffed today to signal the publication of what I think is one of the most important contributions to the persistent conundrum surrounding the downfall of Australia's megafauna many…
research The biggest and slowest don’t always bite it first 16 Apr 2021 For many years I've been interested in modelling the extinction dynamics of megafauna. Apart from co-authoring a few demographically simplified (or largely demographically free) models about how megafauna species could…
research Climate change and humans together pushed Australia’s biggest beasts to extinction 25 Nov 201926 Nov 2019 Over the last 60,000 years, many of the world’s largest species disappeared forever. Some of the largest that we generally call ‘megafauna’ were first lost in Sahul — the super-continent…
research Logbook of Australia’s ancient megafauna 20 Nov 201920 Nov 2019 Australia is home to some of the most unique species worldwide, including egg-laying mammals, tree-climbing, desert-bouncing and and burrow-digging marsupials, and huge flightless birds. While these animals are fascinating, the…
research Rising human populations drive environmental degradation in Africa 27 Jun 201925 Jun 2019 Almost a decade ago, I (co-) wrote a paper examining the socio-economic correlates of gross, national-scale indices of environmental performance among the world's nations. It turned out to be rather…
