Palaeontology - Australia's last giants

被引：7

作者：

Diamond, JM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Med, Dept Physiol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2001年 / 411卷 / 6839期

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D O I：

10.1038/35081231

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The huge creatures that once roamed Australia were wiped out at about the same time. From the latest analyses, these extinctions look more than ever to be a matter of not what but who dunnit.

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页码：755 / 757

页数：5

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