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

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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.

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