Future of the Environment

How long have humans been causing extinctions? 

Hippos stand in their enclosure in Sofia city zoo January 9, 2009. About 1,300 animals in the  zoo were left without gas to heat their enclosures on Thursday, the latest victims of the Russia-Ukraine supply row. The zoo  rushed to switch to electric heaters to keep its elephants, monkeys, parrots, rhinos and hippos warm in the sub-zero temperatures.  REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov   (BULGARIA) - GM1E5191IT601

The extinction of megaherbivores millions of years ago has long remained a mystery. Image: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Susana Carvalho
Associate Professor in Palaeoanthropology, , University of Oxford
René Bobe
Research Associate, , University of Oxford
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Kanapoi, Kenya, where 4.2m year old Australopithecus was found.
Kanapoi, Kenya, where 4.2m year old Australopithecus was found. Image: René Bobe, Author provided,
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