Why DODOS Actually Went EXTINCT | Island Biogeography 1

Part one of three! Most people know only two things when it comes to the dodo: they were stupid, and now they are extinct. But this simplistic view leaves out the full picture. In this video, we're exploring the many reasons why dodos ended up extinct, as well as the larger evolutionary forces at play. Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro Support me on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Paleogeographic maps and animations by C. R. Scotese, for more information: https://www.earthbyte.org/paleomap-paleoatlas-for-gplates Music: https://soundcloud.com/atlas-pro-music/pangaea Further Reading / Works Cited: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/november/invasive-species-impact-on-island-flora-and-fauna.html https://archive.org/details/songofdodoisland00quam https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.3019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo#/media/File:Owen_dodo_reconstruction.jpg https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00005423 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2844594 https://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/ecol438/lect13.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3281323.stm https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Island_Biogeography.html https://cgab.yale.edu/projects/ancient-dna/extinct-dwarf-elephants-mediterranean-islands-past https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Extinct_Birds https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-lost-world-of-the-dodo.html https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/selection/2018-tucci.pdf https://gsas.yale.edu/news/what-killed-giant-elephant-bird-madagascar