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Australian researchers present 50,000-year-old skeleton of a giant kangaroo

10. The fossil skeleton of S. occidentalis. Photo by Tim Carrafa. Source Museums Victoria.jpg

Das Skelett des Riesenkängurus wurde fast vollständig gefunden.

It is a minor sensation: researchers have presented an almost complete skeleton of an extinct giant kangaroo. The animal, which lived around 50,000 years ago, probably did not hop, but walked upright like a human.



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