Map of Lemuria by Scott-Elliott
Lemuria, like Atlantis, is held to be a lost land or continent that sank beneath the ocean. Unlike Atlantis, Lemuria is a hypothesis of modern science, proposed in 1864 by zoologist Phillip Sclater. The fossil record – in this case the Lemurs of Madagascar and India (hence the name) – attests to related animal groups in regions now separated by oceans … which Sclater resolved with the proposal of a former prehistoric land-mass, which then later sank. … cont’d >