Science — A study co-authored by LMU biology Professor Wendy Binder and other researchers working at the La Brea Tar Pits found that large-scale fires possibly started by humans, in a drying, warming, and increasingly fire-prone ecosystem, may have caused the disappearance of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and other large mammals nearly 13,000 years ago. Read Science’s preview article about the study here.
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Burned Out: California Tar Pits Record How Fire Drove Pleistocene Megafauna Decline
