"The elephant bird and the giant lemurs, along with most of the other large animals of Madagascar, suddenly vanished about 1.500 years ago - precisely when the first humans set foot on the island."
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Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), Chapter 4: "The Flood"
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Madagascar (country)
is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of eastern Africa. It consists of the island of Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, and many smaller islands. In 2021 its population was estimated at 28,427,328.
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