alongside the different species of hominids present in Quaternary Africa. As a result, these species had adapted to withstand the predation pressure from humans. This meant that both humans and megafauna were able to coexist, and the high levels of extinction seen in the Americas and Australasia were not seen in Africa. While one of the popular explanations for the Quaternary extinction is due to the changing climate of the time period, the climate of Africa has not been suggested as a potential cause. This is because of the high level of megafaunal extinction in South America during this time period. Since Sub-Saharan Africa has about the same types of climate as South America, but South America had many more extinctions of megafauna taxa, climate was not deemed by these scientists to be a sufficient cause to explain the relative lack of extinctions in Africa. Despite the high level of continuity present in Africa’s megafauna community from the Quaternary to the Holocene period, there were several species of megafauna which did go extinct during this time period. One such species was Syncerus antiquus. This species of buffalo is theorized to either have gone extinct due to climate change, overhunting by humans, or both. It was extirpated from Sub-Saharan Africa about 12,000 years ago and became entirely extinct about 4,000 years before present. Another was the giant antelope that was very similar to a hartebeest or a wildebeest known as Megalotragus priscus. M. priscus was the last of its genus, and it died out approximately 7,500 years ago. Similarly, there was an extinct species of zebra known as the Cape zebra. The Cape zebra lived throughout Africa during the Quaternary period but went extinct by its end. The bluebuck had its range restricted changing habitats during the early Holocene period, so that by the time European settlers arrived, they were restricted to one lone population. This population was then wiped out in 1800 by habitat loss and hunting. North America During the American megafaunal extinction event, around 12,700 years ago, North America lost 70% of its megafauna species. 90 genera of mammals weighing over 44 kilograms became extinct. The Late Pleistocene fauna in North America included several species of ground sloths, short-faced bears, several species of tapirs, peccaries (including the long-nosed and flat-headed peccaries), the American lion, giant tortoises, Miracinonyx, the saber-toothed cat Smilodon and the scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium, dire wolves,