Their discoveries could even help explain why these giant species went extinct while the grey and red kangaroo have continued to thrive. Professor Gavin Prideaux, co-author of the study ...

This included giant flightless birds ... suggesting they had specialist diets. Meanwhile, a now-extinct long-faced kangaroo known as Protemnodon had a specialized grazing diet.

The demise of most of Australia’s kangaroo species by 40,000 years ago may have had less to do with climate-caused dietary pressures and more to do with human hunters. Dental analyses of ancient ...

Extinct Procoptodon Goliah Kangaroo Source: Getty Images The 'giant kangaroos' also known as Procoptodon died out 40 thousand years ago. Procoptodon goliah was mainly known for living in semi-arid ...

ADELAIDE, Australia – A new study has shed light on the extinction of many of Australia’s prehistoric kangaroos ... transformed ecosystems in ways the giant mammals couldn't adapt to, but ...

The extinction of the megafauna – giant marsupials that lived in ... Meanwhile, a now-extinct long-faced kangaroo known as Protemnodon had a specialised grazing diet. These specialists also ...