3. Lemuria is the name of a hypothetical
‘’lost land" variously located between
the India ,Africa and island of Madagascar.
It is second big land bridge
The concept's 19th-century origins lie in
attempts to account for discontinuous
distribution of animals ; however, the
concept of Lemuria has been rejected due
to modern theories of plat tectonics.
4.
5. It was named ‘’Lemuria’’ because it was
designed to explain the distribution of
lemurs.
Lemurs is a primate which lives on
Madagascar
Size from mouse to that of a dog
They are aboreal,nocturnal,and have fox like
faces.
8. The Lemurus evolved on lemuria in
mesozoic period and spread to africa and
oriental region;
Where they are known as lorises.
Original lemurus are found in madagascar
and comoro island only.
When the lemuria sank below the sea in the
cenozoic period.
9. This hypothesis has now been rejected because;
1) Lemurus and Lorises have evolved from same
early primate stock, and not related to each
other.
2) fossil record of lemurs and lorises ancestors
have been found in Paleocene and Eocene
rocks in north( Europe and north America).
3) The Lemuria theory disappeared completely
from conventional scientific consideration
after the theories of plate tectonics and
continental drift were accepted by the larger
scientific community.
