Potential evolutionary body size reduction in a Malagasy primate (Propithecus verreauxi) in response to human size-selective hunting pressure
A. P. Sullivan, L. R. Godfrey, R. R. Lawler, H. Randrianatoandro, L. Eccles, B. Culleton, T. M. Ryan, G. H. Perry
This study compares subfossil and modern sifaka bone sizes to assess potential evolutionary dwarfism due to human hunting pressure in Madagascar.
bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2020Evolutionary Biology