Question

At the end of the Pleistocene, there are a series of extinctions in which the majority of large mammals go extinct. Why of these is a hypothesized cause of the extinction?

a. meteor impact
b. increased volcanism
c. glacial-interglacial cycles
d. human induced climate change
e. all of the above are hypothesized causes

Answer 1

The correct option is: c. glacial-interglacial cycles

Step-by-step explanation:

Pleistocene, also known as the Ice Age, is a geological epoch that is dated about 2.588 million to 11,700 years before present.

At the end of Pleistocene, the last glacial period ended and it also corresponds to the extinction of large mammals.

The cause of the extinction during Pleistocene is considered to be a combination of many factors such as human predation, climate change, interspecific competition, and unstable population dynamics.