Mammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents
Mammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Madagascar ahoy
Madagascar has a striking and peculiar fauna. Although distantly related to mammals in Africa, the mammals of Madagascar have clearly been evolving in isolation for tens of millions of years. But how did their ancestors get to the island? In 1940 the distinguished palaeontologist George Gaylord Simpson proposed that mammals got t...
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Mammalian biodiversity on Madagascar controlled by ocean currents
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature08706
