Overkill, sítios de matança e as evidências de interação homem megafauna na América do Sul
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2021-12-30
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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During the end of the Quaternary, humans exploited (hunting/scavenging) megafauna across
the Americas. However, South American (SA) megafauna kill/scavenge sites (MKSSs) have
been persistently underestimated or even neglected by researchers, biasing further analyses
such as the human impact on megafauna extinctions. Here, we systematically review the
evidence of exploitation in the South America, test overkill hypothesis in SA, compare its
quantity and quality against exploitation data from North America, and suggest the cause of
South American data bias. A total of 18 and 17 SMDMs were found in AS and North America
(NA), with 15 and 5 genera explored by humans. South American overkill was not supported
by these empirical data. AS is neglected by researchers from the Northern Hemisphere (with an
emphasis on North Americans). SA does have quantitative and qualitative data similar to or
better than NA on the exploitation of megafauna. We suggest that the reason for this pattern is
a linguistic bias (shortage of reading works written in Latin languages by researchers from the
northern hemisphere). This dissertation contributed to a greater understanding of humanmegafauna interactions and overkill in the Americas. We emphasize the importance of reducing
the linguistic bias to further advance the discussion on the extinction of megafauna in the
Quaternary
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Exploração da megafauna , Caça da megafauna , Extinção da megafaun , Overkill , Blitzkrieg , Interações , Homem-megafauna , América do Sul e América do Norte , Megafauna exploitation , Megafauna hunting , Megafauna extinction , Overkill , Blitzkrieg , Human megafauna interactions , South America and North America
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BAMPI, H. Overkill, sítios de matança e as evidências de interação homem megafauna na América do Sul. 2022. 74 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ecologia e Evolução) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2021.