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Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years

Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought. read more

Ancient bird bones redate human activity in M | EurekAlert!

Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought ... read more

Ancient bird bones provide clues about prehistoric humans in Madagascar

The bones of an extinct bird could hold major clues for the study of prehistoric human history. Approximately 10,500 years ago, humans in Madagascar butchered what was once the world’s largest bird. read more

Elephant Bird Bones Suggest Early Human Activity In Madagascar 6,000 ...

Early human settlers are believed to be the reason why the Madagascar elephant bird went extinct. Now, researchers found evidence that humans might have been on the island 6,000 years earlier than ... read more

Butchered Bird Bones Show Early Humans Reached Madagascar 6,000 Years ...

In addition to the bird bones, radiocarbon dating has revealed the remains of animals including a hippo and a crocodile are also about 10,000 years old. read more

Elephant Bird Bones Show Humans Lived In Madagascar 6,000 Years Earlier ...

Analysis of the bones of an ancient and now extinct bird has provided evidence that humans lived on the island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously believed. read more

Butchered bird bones put humans in Madagascar 10,500 years ago

Humans reached the island near Africa 6,000 years earlier than thought, raising questions about how its megafauna went extinct. read more

Madagascar faces millions of years of extinctions due to human activity ...

The ramifications of human activity on the island of Madagascar will affect the island far longer than previously realized, scientists say. read more

Bones suggest humans were in Madagascar 6000 years earlier

Researchers have discovered that humans were on the island of Madagascar about 6000 years earlier than first thought. The study looked at the marks on the bones of elephant birds, which the ... read more

We may have reached Madagascar 6000 years earlier than once thought

Humans may have first sailed to Madagascar more than 10,000 years ago – 6000 years earlier than previously thought. Archaeologists has been grappling with the question of when humans settled on ... read more

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Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of ... read more

Humans Lived in Madagascar 6,000 Years Earlier Than ... - Gizmodo

The discovery of butchered elephant bird bones, directly dated to 10,000 years ago, now places humans in Madagascar 6,000 years earlier than previously thought—a finding which subsequently ... read more