Prehistoric Australia was not the sunny, laid back continent we know today. Between 126,000 and 12,000 years ago, during the late Pleistocene era, humans shared the land with terrifying megafauna: ...

New fossil discoveries reveal that colossal kangaroos from Australia’s Ice Age could still bounce across the landscape, despite their size.

Aug. 13 (UPI) --Prehistoric fossils have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species off the coast of Australia. Scientists said the species, Janjucetus dullardi, is one of the earliest cousins ...

Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg may not have been too big to bounce, overturning long-held assumptions about ...

The curious minds at What If explore what life would be like in prehistoric Australia, revealing giant marsupials, predators, and ecosystems.

Introduction -- Environment and human ecology of the study area -- Description of sites and their environmental contexts -- Description and preliminary analysis of sampled surface sites -- Analysis of ...

A detailed study of bones and tendons overturns assumptions about the mobility of Australia’s extinct mega kangaroos.