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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

End of the Holocene, Last of the Megafauna party.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s so fucking surreal to me how much megafauna extinctions have happened in the past 50’000 years.

I don’t think people realise we had like giant land birds, megasloths, literal humungus kangaroos roaming round not that long ago.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

(In many places, we burnt the garden).

We’ve been shaping ecosystems through fire for so long.

That article’s on my to read list now, thanks.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a good one. Add this too (audio) for the hopium.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wild-ones-live/