Human Perceptions of Megafaunal Extinction Events Revealed by Linguistic Analysis of Indigenous Oral Traditions

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RT @DilettanteryPod: @BensonMcDaniel idk about any other n.a. ones, but there's some from more recent extinctions https://t.co/SAFWjkupmh

@BensonMcDaniel idk about any other n.a. ones, but there's some from more recent extinctions https://t.co/SAFWjkupmh

Today I learned that a Maori idiom for gluttony is "a stomach of a moa!" As a giant herbivorous bird, moa would indeed have consumed vast amounts of food. https://t.co/zwZiqiWgRl (Also, Maori understood extinction long before Georges Cuvier did.)

Hmmmmm. https://t.co/DmohKfKnHe

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