New study challenges a major theory on why some kangaroos mysteriously went extinct
- Written by Sam Arman, Adjunct Associate, Palaeontology, Flinders University
Modern kangaroo skulls at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.Merinda Campbell/MAGNTThe extinction of the megafauna – giant marsupials that lived in Australia until 60,000 to 45,000 years ago – is a topic of fierce debate. Some researchers have suggested a reliance on certain plants left some species susceptible to...





