"Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from India around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation."
"Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from India around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation."
My understanding is that in a few million years, East Africa will be an island similar to Madagascar, while the rest of Africa drifts north to upheave the Mediterranean Sea to form the Mediterranean Mountains.