Galápagos tortoise stable isotope ecology and the 1850s Floreana Island Chelonoidis niger niger extinction by Cyler Conrad, Laura Pagès Barceló, Lauren Scheinberg, Patrick D. Campbell, Addison Wynn, James P. Gibbs, Washington Tapia Aguilera, Linda Cayot, Kale Bruner, Allen G. Pastron, Emily Lena Jones

“…Abstract A consequence of over 400 years of human exploitation of Galápagos tortoises (Chelonoidis niger ssp.) is the extinction of several subspecies and the decimation of others. …”
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Archaeozoology in Mainland Southeast Asia: Changing Methodology and Pleistocene to Holocene Forager Subsistence Patterns in Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia by Cyler Conrad

“…Meta-analysis of archaeozoological data from 28 prehistoric sites in Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia indicate that turtle (hard-shell, soft-shell and tortoise) and mollusc exploitation dominate the late Pleistocene and Holocene hunter-gatherer record. …”
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