{"id":108051,"date":"2025-09-06T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/?p=108051"},"modified":"2025-09-06T07:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T07:51:59","slug":"lemurs-still-evolving-after-53-million-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/lemurs-still-evolving-after-53-million-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemurs Still Evolving After 53 Million Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Madagascar is famous for its lemurs; their ancestors arrived 53 million years ago, and the largely predator-free island has allowed them to flourish and diversify. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-62310-y.epdf?sharing_token=i6dLMmVR9eHwDi-K198KctRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PHvECJ-4qrPZST3AInIR-YePa7SDRrYahrveWMoJ24NkhFs7iFYjB1sPeJbWEa2Hnv9o2-8J2Ln93bnf0pp50TZttTWUVx_n2EjIB_INLfMQBBxyPtn1-2eOr3q10YZzk%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New research<\/a> suggests lemur evolution is anything but ordinary; they have not plateaued in the same way as most other island species.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Successive evolutionary bursts<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Most island species exhibit a single evolutionary radiation, a period of rapid species expansion. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Usually<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, this <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">happens<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> once<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Katie Everson and her team at Oregon State University have unearthed compelling evidence that lemur species have not followed this pattern; instead, they have evolved in multiple successive radiations<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_108052\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108052\" class=\"wp-image-108052 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2488909019-e1757050696275.jpg\" alt=\"A ring-tailed lemur. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-108052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ring-tailed lemur. Photo: Shutterstock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The ancestors of modern lemurs likely arrived on Madagascar aboard natural rafts that floated over from <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Africa<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As the primates adapted to the various ecosystems, over 100 different species of <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">lemurs<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">evolved, all endemic to the island. Sixteen of these species<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0have <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">gone<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> extinct since humans <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">colonised<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the island 2,000 years ago.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Three groups show<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> particularly high speciation rates: mouse lemurs (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Microcebus<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">), sportive lemurs (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lepilemur<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">), and brown lemurs (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eulemur<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">). Researchers looked at the DNA of 129 individual lemurs from 79 different species. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The DNA reveals that these groups not only have exceptionally high speciation rates<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> &#8212; <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">far exceeding those of their continental cousins <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">like<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> lorises and bushbabies<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> &#8212; <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">but also <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">share<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> significant genetic interchange between species.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The lemur clades with high diversification rates also have high rates of genetic material from one species becoming part of the gene pool of another, a phenomenon known as genomic introgression,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8221; <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">explained Everson.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> &#8220;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That suggests that <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">hybridization<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in these primates is not an evolutionary dead end, as it often can be, but potential fuel for diversification<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_108054\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108054\" class=\"wp-image-108054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2395917329-e1757050714758.jpg\" alt=\"A gray mouse lemur.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-108054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gray mouse lemur. Photo: Shutterstock<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For context, lorises (<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">their<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> distant relatives of mainland Africa and Asia) <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">show<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a speciation rate of just 0.15 new species per million years.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Lemurs average around 0.44.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Rapid evolution not enough to survive humans<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Everson warns that even rapid evolution is not saving lemurs from the threats we pose:<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&#8220;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At the same time that more and more lemur species are still evolving, we are also driving them rapidly to extinction.&#8221;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">depressing<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 95% of lemur species <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">are now considered<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> threatened. 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