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Ancient Kangaroos' Diets Reveal Human Hunters' Role in Extinction

1/11/2025

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Ancient kangaroo fossils from Australia reveal a surprising truth: these creatures had varied diets, contradicting the notion that limited food sources led to their extinction. Instead, new research suggests that human hunters, not climate change, were responsible for the loss of over 90% of large species, including kangaroos, around 40,000 years ago.

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Ancient kangaroo fossils from Australia reveal a surprising truth: these creatures had varied diets, contradicting the notion that limited food sources led to their extinction. Instead, new research suggests that human hunters, not climate change, were responsible for the loss of over 90% of large species, including kangaroos, around 40,000 years ago.