Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

Reconstructing the evolutionary history of island biotas is complicated by unusual
morphological evolution in insular environments. However, past human-caused extinctions …

Hispaniola is the second-largest island in the West Indies bioregion and along with Cuba is
considered the cradle of Greater Antillean rodent evolution and diversification. While the …

There are certain animal candidates for which researchers have long speculated as having
been managed, or possibly domesticated, by indigenous peoples in the pre-Columbian …

With their past and current diversities, West Indian caviomorph rodents dominate the
terrestrial mammalian fauna of the Caribbean archipelago. Many of these species have …

Abstract The Lesser Antilles is a string of islands stretching from Grenada in the south to
Sombrero in the north, which was once home to at least 20 insular populations of native …

This study analyses zooarchaeological material recovered from the late precolumbian site of
El Flaco (AD 990–1450), northern Dominican Republic. The faunal assemblage from this …

Here we report a Late Holocene fossil-rich cave deposit from Cueva de los Nesofontes,
Mayabeque Province, Cuba. The deposit's formation and its fauna were studied through a …

Abstract The Lesser Antillean island chain in the eastern Caribbean formerly supported a
diverse rodent fauna including multiple endemic genera of oryzomyine rice rats. The …

While trends in tropical deforestation are alarming, conservation biologists are increasingly
recognizing the potential for species survival in human‐modified landscapes. Identifying the …