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"Many of the giant marsupials and birds that roamed ancient Australia had
vanished by 40,000 years ago. While the duration and drivers of these
extinctions remain debated, fossils clearly show the continent lost a host of
creatures which would have dwarfed humans, such as short-faced kangaroos,
diprotodons, “thunder birds” and giant goannas.
Our study published today in
Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests
these end-Pleistocene extinctions also affected smaller creatures such as
lizards. These animals comprise most of biodiversity and biomass."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
