# Quaternary extinction event

> mass extinction event, around 10000 BCE, marking the end of the Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene, during which many megafauna species went extinct; hypothesized to be caused by human hunting and/or natural climate change

**Wikidata**: [Q1759232](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1759232)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctions)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/quaternary-extinction-event


## References

1. [Source](http://stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2018-08.pdf)