Australia’s First Peoples Were Fossil Collectors, New Study Suggests

Oct 22, 2025 - 17:15
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Australia’s First Peoples Were Fossil Collectors, New Study Suggests
Megafaunal animals from Mammoth Cave about 50,000 years ago: the giant long-beaked echidna Murrayglossus hacketti, the giant kangaroo Procoptodon browneorum, the giant diprotodontid Zygomaturus trilobus, and the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus). Image credit: Peter Schouten.

In a new study, University of New South Wales Professor Mike Archer and colleagues re-examined the fossilized tibia (lower leg bone) of a now-extinct, giant sthenurine kangaroo.

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