Half of Guadeloupe's Snakes and Lizards Went Extinct after E

Half of Guadeloupe's Snakes and Lizards Went Extinct after European Colonization


Max Planck Society
Researchers use fossil data to reveal the primary drivers and extent of colonial era extinctions
A new study published in Science Advances uses fossil and archaeological archives to demonstrate that colonial era extinctions in Guadeloupe occurred on a much more massive scale than previously thought, with more than 50% of the islands’ squamate species disappearing in the centuries after 1492
In recent years, the evidence of human impacts on Earth’s systems has caused researchers to call for recognition of a new epoch, the Anthropocene, in which human activity is a major driver of climate and ecosystem change. However, despite growing evidence of the impacts of human societies, the extent of biodiversity loss in recent centuries is still poorly understood.

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