Study challenges a major theory on why some kangaroos mysteriously went extinct

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Jan 12, 2025, 11:30 am571 ptsHotTop
The 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 changes in climate.

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