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Megafauna mystery contains ominous warning for our future

Dr Scott Hocknall from the Museum of Queensland holds a fossilised kangaroo bone with crocodile teeth marks
Dr Scott Hocknall from the Museum of Queensland holds a fossilised kangaroo bone with crocodile teeth marks Source: SBS-Stefan Armbruster

More than a dozen new species of extinct megafauna that roamed northern Australia tens of thousands of years ago have been identified by scientists after a decade of research. The results from a dig in Central Queensland are groundbreaking, but also contain an ominous warning about climate change.


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By Stefan Armbruster

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More than a dozen new species of extinct megafauna that roamed northern Australia tens of thousands of years ago have been identified by scientists after a decade of research. The results from a dig in Central Queensland are groundbreaking, but also contain an ominous warning about climate change.



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