ENWC201 Lecture 9: ENWC Lec. 9 & 10

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Entomology and Wildlife Conservation
• Course: ENWC201
• Professor: Kyle Mc Carthy

Document Summary

Giant bison, giant beaver, giant tapir, giant armadillos, giant tortoise, giant. Sloth bear, saber tooth, had our own species of lions (bigger than ones in. Africa), jaguars had once lived all the way up to canada, giant condors (cali. Condor is the last of these), giant vampire bats- predator species . Water is taken out of ocean and brought up on land as ice, bering land. Bridge connected north america/south america to the rest of the world. Human cultures came across land bridge and began to make their way down into north america. Pre european era- 11,500 bp - 1500. The clovis- came over with modern technology (spears with stone points), hunter/gatherer society. The pleistocene overkill- many herbivorous animals are being killed by the. Big predator species began to die off due to losing food sources. Slash and burn agriculture- cut trees down, burn them, begin to use the area to farm.