Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis - Consequences of Hypothetical Impact

Consequences of Hypothetical Impact

It is conjectured that this impact event brought about the extinction of many North American Pleistocene megafauna. These animals included camels, mammoths, the giant short-faced bear and numerous other species. The markers for the impact event also appear at the end of the Clovis culture.

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