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Deep Cuts: Welcome in Lemurtown

As an extension of March Madagascarness, we head back to the island with our primatology hats on. Anna put together a fun script about giant extinct lemurs, tiny not-extinct lemurs, and even creepy aye-aye fingers, but somehow Amber managed to ruin it by having a full on meltdown about a lemur named Maki.

Graveyard of Giant Lemurs Discovered Underwater in Madagascar (National Geographic)

Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study (Mongabay)

A new interpretation of Madagascar's megafaunal decline: The “Subsistence Shift Hypothesis” (Journal of Human Evolution)

The Aye-Aye and the Finger of Death (Pacific Standard)

Scientists Discover New Species of Mouse Lemur (SciNews)

Lemur Missing, Possibly Stolen, From San Francisco Zoo (NPR)

‘There’s a lemur!’ 5-year-old helps crack SF Zoo theft case (AP)

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As science communicators in anthropology and archaeology, we hosts of The Dirt acknowledge that we hold a position of considerable privilege and opportunity, and commit ourselves to continuous learning, unlearning and reflection. We recognize that our disciplines, as well as our own lives, are rooted in and propped up by settler colonialism, white supremacy, and dispossession.

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