The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a curious case study in how human food preferences can drive biodiversity, sometimes shaping it over 1,000 years.

Geocapromys ingrahami, the Bahamian hutia, flourished on the islands for millennia, but today, only one population
of remains. Ancient DNA reveals a human side to the hutia’s story: Indigenous people moved hutias
to new islands,…

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Source: archeo