Large Mammals Of North America
12,000 BCE • North America
"There's a direct connection between the first appearance of people and the last appearance of many, if not all of the large mammals in North America. You can trace this connection across the world, wherever modern Homo sapiens turns up. It's almost invariable that large mammals disappeared - and not just some animals but a large proportion, in North America something like two thirds to three quarters." -Gary Haynes
As cited by MacGregor, Neil. A History of the World in 100 Objects. New York: Viking, 2011.
Pavel.Riha.CB. Glyptodon. Digital image. 12 July 2007. Web. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glyptodon_(Riha2000).jpg>.
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