Thousands of years ago the first Australians once shared the land with giant kangaroos and other cow-sized marsupials. People arrived at Sahul (a past continent made up of Tasmania, mainland Australia ...
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 giant wildlife that roamed Australia up to 45,000 years ago may have starved to extinction because human newcomers torched their usual food sources, new research suggests. At least 60 types of ...