Droughts wiped out megafauna, palaeontologist says

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Droughts wiped out megafauna, palaeontologist says.
ABC News Online - Tuesday, November 28, 2006 

A group of researchers says a series of massive droughts 40,000 years ago 
wiped out Australia's megafauna, not over-hunting as was previously thought. 

Palaeontologist Dr Gilbert Price has dug up the fossils of giant kangaroos, 
emus and wombats the size of cars in south-east Queensland. 

He says the remains show the populations were under stress because of dry 
conditions when they became extinct... 

Read more at: 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1798899.htm 

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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist         http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia        http://heretichides.soffiles.com
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