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Evidence of earlier humans in Madagascar is unconvincing but interesting

10,000 Birds

It was after that date that many of the great and strange animals of that island went extinct, presumably because of human hunting. One of those animals was the Giant Elephant Bird (including, but not limited to, Aepyornis maximus ). Actual cut marks made by actual stone tools are in fact never unequivocal.