Friday, January 27, 2017

Humans, not climate change, wiped out Australian megafauna

01/27/2017 08:57 AM EST

Australian megafauna

New evidence involving the ancient poop of some of the huge and astonishing creatures that once roamed Australia indicates the primary cause of their extinction around 45,000 years ago was likely a result of humans, not climate change.


Full story at http://www.colorado.edu/today/2017/01/20/humans-not-climate-change-wiped-out-australian-megafauna

Source
University of Colorado Boulder


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