About this episode
This episode discusses the large animals that have gone extinct in the last 300 years due to human activity.
Earth used to be packed with giants, and somehow, in just the last few centuries, humans still managed to delete a shocking number of them.
Topics covered
- extinction
- large animals
- human impact
- biodiversity
- natural history
Keywords
- extinct animals
- giants
- human extinction
- biodiversity loss
- natural history
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Earth
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