Bahamian Hutia Shows How Human Food Choices Shape Biodiversity (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Bahamian Hutia Shows How Human Food Choices Shape Biodiversity

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Geocapromys ingrahami, the Bahamian hutia, flourished on the islands for millennia, but today, only one population of remains. Ancient DNA reveals a human side to the hutia's story: Indigenous people moved hutias to new islands, exploiting them for food and shaping their diversity and distribution.

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