Prehistoric giant kangaroos killed by man, not climate

SYDNEY (AFP) - The chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other



mega-fauna to extinction, a new study reveals.

The research, published this week in the US-based journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, argues that man likely hunted to death the giant



kangaroo and other very large animals on the southern island of Tasmania. The debate centres on the skull of a giant kangaroo found in a cave in the thick rainforest