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> “The timing of this genetic admixture aligns with the almost total extinction of Madagascar’s native megafauna. Megafaunal extinction and its causes are a hotly debated topic, but in this case at least it seems irrefutable that human activity led to their demise.”

“irrefutable” seems overly strong for “led to” given the context; you haven’t presented evidence for the absence of other factors. “immediately preceded” would be safer: https://m.xkcd.com/552/

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Hi!

I liked your UnHerd article a lot!

I think you missed an hyperlink under "due & feather" paragraph, in "a material I’ve covered in more detail here".

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