Extinct Madagascar: picturing the island's past

pt. 1. Madagascar in perspective: past and present. Introduction

Geological time, dates, and radiocarbon dating

An overview of the origins, geology, animal colonizatin, and modern habitats of Madagascar

A brief history of climatic change on Madagascar since the late Pleistocene

History of human colonization of Madagascar

Human interactions with now-extinct land vertebrates

Hypotheses on what caused the extinctions during the Holocene

Extinction, conservation, and the future

pt. 2. Case studies.