Approximately 14,000 years ago, the climate in North America began to warm rapidly. At the same time, human hunters migrated to the continent. Which of these most likely resulted from a combination of these two factors? an increase in the rate of large mammal extinctions a reduction in the rate of species change an increase in the amount of interspecies cooperation a reduction in the total number of small parasitic insects

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