Humans Were in Madagascar 6,000 Years Earlier than Thought, Butchered Bones Suggest (2 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Humans Were in Madagascar 6,000 Years Earlier than Thought, Butchered Bones Suggest (2 of 8)

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(A) Distal aspect of A. maximus tarsometatarsus from Christmas River (USNM A605208), showing five cut marks: three (TM-1 to TM-3) on the central trochlea (digit III), one (TM-4) on the medial trochlea (digit II), and one (TM-5) on the lateral trochlea (digit IV). (B) Cross section of TM-1 at ×30 magnification, illustrating depth using a topographic height color scale. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sep. 12th 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Hansford at Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London in London, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Early Holocene human presence in Madagascar evidenced by exploitation of avian megafauna."

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[Credit: V. R. Pérez, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Hansford <i>et al.</i>, <i>Sci. Adv</i>. 2018; 4 : eaat6925]

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