"Patterns of late Holocene and historical extinctions on Madagascar"

A review in Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, led by Laurie Godfrey, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, explores the causes of large vertebrate extinction on Madagascar.
Madagascar, known for its unique biodiversity, faces a critical conservation crisis. Over the past 1,000 years, the great “Red Island” has lost many of its large-bodied native vertebrates, including hippos, crocodiles and giant lemurs — some the size of orangutans and gorillas.