Implications for the Future

First of all I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this blog. I hope that you understand that there a numerous factors which could have been responsible for the extinction of megafauna during the Late Pleistocene. Overall, I have enjoyed conveying my thoughts and ideas on this widely disputed debate. I hope that (if you’re reading this) that you will formulate your own ideas on this matter, using the multitude of evidence available to come to your own conclusion. You never know, with improved fossil records your predictions might be proved right!

There are a few things that we can learn from the past, which can be applied to the present/future. The most important finding is that ecosystems are fragile things that are sensitive to both climatic and anthropogenic changes. It is important to recognise the pressures humans can cause to the environment, and seek to reduce these for the sake of future generations. Finally, It is important not to make the same mistakes as we did in the past, understanding the need to protect endangered species from possible causes of extinction.

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