European colonists drove mass reptile extinction on Guadeloupe Islands: study
The Hindu
By carbon dating the remains and their surrounding sediment, they found that the mass extinction occurred over only the last 500 years
The arrival of European colonists led to a mass extinction of between 50% to 70% of the snake and lizard populations of the Guadeloupe Islands, according to published Wednesday. The paper, which appeared in the journal Science Advances, highlights human impacts on animals that are often seen as less "charismatic" and therefore neglected in scientific study, its authors wrote.More Related News