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[–] saimen@feddit.org 74 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

https://ourworldindata.org/quaternary-megafauna-extinction

The timing of megafauna extinctions was not consistent across the world; instead, the timing of their demise coincided closely with the arrival of humans on each continent.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

You're missing a \.

There have been many extinction events in Earth’s history. There have been five big mass extinction events and several smaller ones.

There have now been many studies focused on the question of whether humans were a key driver of the QME. Many suggest that the answer is yes. Climatic changes might have driven an initial decline in large mammal populations — small population crashes — but human pressures are likely to have thwarted their recovery. Large mammals survived previous periods of climatic change, but the arrival of humans put pressure on already-depleted populations.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

\ is the escape character in markdown. Gotta do a double \ and then another \ for the underscore

 ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ =

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[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

(°▽°)/

I'm assuming this menu is specific to the Voyager app rather than to Lemmy itself:

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, I never knew this was a thing (also Voyager user), thanks!

[–] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Now I got it, thank you

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

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