It was they who famously hunted the poor old dodo to extinction, killing off the last of the forest-dwelling creatures sometime around the year 1680.

BBC: Blending of cultures in Mauritius

The discoveries are part of an on-going project started last year when scientists unearthed hundreds of dodo bones at Mare aux Songes in the south-east of the island.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Dodo skeleton find in Mauritius