Climate change killed megafauna - study

Climate change killed megafauna - study

7 MAY 2013

Sydney - Gigantic animals which once roamed Australia were mostly extinct by the time humans arrived, according to a new study on Tuesday which suggests climate change played the key role in their demise.

For decades, debate has centred on what wiped out megafauna such as the rhinoceros-sized, wombat-like Diprotodon, the largest known lizard, and kangaroos so big that scientists are studying whether they could hop.

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Source: IOL Scitech

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