The timing of the human settlement of Madagascar, one of the last large landmasses to be
settled by people, remains a key topic of debate in archaeology. Despite decades of …

The vertebrate community of Madagascar is one of the most unique and diverse on Earth,
yet faunal diversity today is just a fraction of that present in the Pleistocene and Early …

The endemic species richness on Madagascar, relative to landmass area, is unparalleled in
the world. Many organisms on the island have restricted geographical ranges. A …

Previous research suggests that people first arrived on Madagascar by~ 2500 years before
present (years BP). This hypothesis is consistent with butchery marks on extinct lemur bones …

Abstract The Indian Ocean has long been a forum for contact, trade and the transfer of
goods, technologies and ideas between geographically distant groups of people. Another …

Fundamental disagreements remain regarding the relative importance of climate change
and human activities as triggers for Madagascar's Holocene megafaunal extinction. We use …

Hunting is one of the greatest threats to nonhuman primates worldwide. Despite
Madagascar's status as a primate mega-diversity country, a critical lack of information on the …

The landscapes of Madagascar have long delighted zoologists, who have discovered, in
and among the island's baobab trees and thickets, a dizzying array of animals, including …

The biodiversity of our planet is under threat, with approximately one million species
expected to become extinct within decades. The reason: negative human actions, which …

The estimated period in which human colonization of Madagascar began has expanded
recently to 5000–1000 y BP, six times its range in 1990, prompting revised thinking about …