On 26/08/13 10:01, deadalnix wrote:
Human come from Africa. You'll a significant amount of monkey as well.
With the caveat that I'm not an evolutionary biologist, palaeontologist or other appropriate expert, I'd be surprised if generalism vs. specificity was _the_ reason for the lack of sub-Saharan bear species.
If you bear in mind (ha!) the evolutionary origin of bears in north America, basic geographical obstacles are likely the major factor in the lack of proliferation beyond the north of the continent. If you dumped a large enough population of bears into the African wild, they'd probably survive and maybe even displace other native species.
