Dodos killed by deadly combination of humans and MEGADROUGHT

Dodos, giant tortoises and other ancient Madagascan beasts were wiped out by the deadly combination of human activity and a MEGADROUGHT 1,000 years ago Researchers studied 8,000 years of climate data from rock and soil samplesĀ  They found evidence of repeated megadroughts in the islands over that time Megafauna appeared to have survived previous episodes … Read more