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The conversation shifts into archaeology and paleontology, where Rogan discusses evolving theories about megafaunal extinction, such as mammoths and mastodons. He details how earlier assumptions—like the "blitzkrieg" hypothesis, which attributes extinction solely to human hunting—are now questioned. Modern DNA analysis reveals that many species declined independently of human contact, only later to be coincidentally driven extinct by overhunting or climate shifts.