Burning questions: Discovering the roles of fire, fuel and fauna

Research by NHMU curators Tyler Faith and Mitchell Power showcased in new exhibit about how wildfire patterns change in response to climate change and herbivore extinction.

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Megaherbivore extinctions and wildfires

Loss of ancient grazers triggered a dramatic increase in fire activity across the world’s grasslands.

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Ecosystems of early human evolution

To understand the environmental pressures that shaped human evolution, scientists must first piece together the details of the ancient plant and animal communities that our fossil ancestors lived in over the past 7 million years.

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