Some Prehistoric Giants Killed by People, Not Climate

The chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other mega-fauna to extinction, a new study reveals.

The research, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, argues that man likely hunted to death the giant kangaroo and other very large animals on the southern island of Tasmania.

The debate centers on the skull of a giant kangaroo found in a cave in the thick rainforest of the rugged northwest of Tasmania in 2000.

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Tagged as: Animals, Climate Change, Extinction, Giant Kangaroos, Hunting, Kangaroos, Prehistoric Animals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Tasmania

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