'Giant wombat' grave found
in Queensland, Australia
Scientists
have unearthed the biggest find yet of prehistoric "giant wombat"
skeletons, revealing clues to the reasons for the species' extinction.The find,
in Queensland, Australia, of about 50 Diprotodons - the largest
marsupial that ever lived - has been called a "palaeontologists'
goldmine". The plant-eating giants, the size of a rhinoceros, had
backward-facing pouches big enough to carry an adult human.The fossils are
believed to be between 100,000 and 200,000 years old.Lead scientist Scott
Hocknull, from the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, said: "When we did the
initial survey I was just completely blown away by the concentrations of these
fragments.
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here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18533038
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