Response to comment on "Evidence of prehistoric human activity in the Falkland Islands"

Sci Adv. 2022 Apr 29;8(17):eabo6765. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo6765. Epub 2022 Apr 29.

Abstract

Hamley et al. previously presented multiple lines of evidence that people were present in the Falkland Islands before Europeans and may have brought the now-extinct canid, Dusicyon australis. Stable isotope data reported by Clark et al. indicate that D. australis had a high-trophic, marine diet that terrestrialized following European arrival. This is consistent with our hypothesis of a human mutualism.