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Human Role in Big Kangaroo Demise
from BBC News Online
A fossil study of the extinct giant
kangaroo has added weight to the theory that
humans were responsible for the demise of
"megafauna" 46,000 years ago.
The decline of plants through widespread
fire or changes toward an arid climate have
also played into the debate about the animals'
demise.
But an analysis of kangaroo fossils
suggested they ate saltbush, which would have
thrived in those conditions. The research is
in Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences.
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