Washed up in Madagascar

Krause, David W.

¹David W. Krause is in the Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794–8081, USA. [email protected]

Published online 03 February 2010

Nature 463(7281):p 613-614, February 4, 2010. | DOI: 10.1038/463613a

How, when and from where did Madagascar's unique mammalian fauna originate? The idea that the ancestors of that fauna rafted from Africa finds support in innovative simulations of ancient ocean currents.