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[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 139 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (39 children)

Pursuit predation/persistence hunting has to be one of the most metal characteristics about humans.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 80 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

https://ourworldindata.org/quaternary-megafauna-extinction

The timing of megafauna extinctions was not consistent across the world; instead, the timing of their demise coincided closely with the arrival of humans on each continent.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

You're missing a \.

There have been many extinction events in Earth’s history. There have been five big mass extinction events and several smaller ones.

There have now been many studies focused on the question of whether humans were a key driver of the QME. Many suggest that the answer is yes. Climatic changes might have driven an initial decline in large mammal populations — small population crashes — but human pressures are likely to have thwarted their recovery. Large mammals survived previous periods of climatic change, but the arrival of humans put pressure on already-depleted populations.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

\ is the escape character in markdown. Gotta do a double \ and then another \ for the underscore

 ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ =

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

(°▽°)/

I'm assuming this menu is specific to the Voyager app rather than to Lemmy itself:

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Oh, I never knew this was a thing (also Voyager user), thanks!

[–] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Now I got it, thank you

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

¯\_(:3)_/¯

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago

(ง’̀-‘́)ง

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