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Mol Biol Evol ; 27(5): 975-8, 2010 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20335279

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The causes of the late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions are still enigmatic. Although the fossil record can provide approximations for when a species went extinct, the timing of its disappearance alone cannot resolve the causes and mode of the decline preceding its extinction. However, ancient DNA analyses can reveal population size changes over time and narrow down potential causes of extinction. Here, we present an ancient DNA study comparing late Pleistocene population dynamics of two closely related species, cave and brown bears. We found that the decline of cave bears started approximately 25,000 years before their extinction, whereas brown bear population size remained constant. We conclude that neither the effects of climate change nor human hunting alone can be responsible for the decline of the cave bear and suggest that a complex of factors including human competition for cave sites lead to the cave bear's extinction.


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Extinção Biológica , Ursidae/genética , Ursidae/fisiologia , Animais , Comportamento Competitivo , Ecossistema , Feminino , História Antiga , Humanos , Densidade Demográfica , Ursidae/classificação
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