Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Question: Which North Carolina museum displays a collection of lemur fossils from Madagascar?

Answer: The Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History in Durham houses a collection of over 2,000 subfossil lemur specimens from Madagascar, including those up to 500 years old and older, dating back 10,000 years. These fossils, collected from caves and swamps, reveal extinct giant lemur species and human impacts on the island’s biodiversity.