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The Late Quaternary Megafaunal Extinctions in Worldwide Perspective – Review of Anthony J. Stuart. Vanished Giants: The Lost World of the Ice Age. 2021. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-22643-284-7. 310 pages, with 70 illustrations and 7 tables. List price $45 US (hardback).

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The Late Quaternary Megafaunal Extinctions in Worldwide Perspective – Review of Anthony J. Stuart. Vanished Giants: The Lost World of the Ice Age. 2021. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-22643-284-7. 310 pages, with 70 illustrations and 7 tables. List price $45 US (hardback).

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Yaroslav V Kuzmin*
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Leading Research Scientist, Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk630090, Russia. Emails: kuzmin_yv@igm.nsc.ru; kuzmin@fulbrightmail.org.
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Radiocarbon , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 205 - 212
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