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A Giant Kangaroo Bone Is Challenging the Idea That Humans Wiped Out Australia's Megafauna

Indigenous Australians may have been fossil collectors, not hunters that drove megafauna to extinction, new research suggests. For more than 40 years, cuts in the lower leg bone of a now-extinct giant ...
Popular Science

Australia’s giant extinct marsupials may be ID’d using tiny bone bits

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While fictional depictions of fossil discoveries often feature ...
EurekAlert!

Not hunters but collectors: the bone that challenges the ‘humans wiped out Australian megafauna’ theory

New research led by UNSW Sydney palaeontologists challenges the idea that indigenous Australians hunted Australia’s megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors. Renowned ...
The Conversation

Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the climate changed

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