Re: mega-fauna

From: Thom Baguley <t.s.baguley_at_...>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:26:43 +0100

> From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
>You're speaking of Glorantha, right? Our world has a long tradition
>of taking too much. IIRC Jared Diamond gives a good explanation of
>the extinction of North American megafauna in "Guns, Germs, and
>Steel."

Yes, but while it a quick process in JD's terms it might not be for Dragon Pass (where humans have had only a few hundred years since the DragonKill). More likely that large mega-fauna are only now beginning to decline markedly due to over-hunting.

Thom