Megafauna have always existed in Australia. But around 2.5 million years ago, they became enormous. The largest of these animals existed during a period of time known as the Pleistocene epoch.

Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important conservation science is being lost in all the hype ...

And absence of other megafauna in kill sites doesn't mean ... two million years only to succumb to the one that closed the Pleistocene. The dearth of evidence doesn't deter researchers working ...

They were the ancient Australian megafauna—huge animals that roamed the continent during the Pleistocene epoch. In boneyards across the continent, scientists have found the fossils of a giant ...

At the end of the Pleistocene epoch, around 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, many “megafauna” species went extinct. Scientists are still trying to understand why this extinction event occurred.

“Megafauna biomass tradeoff as a driver of ... American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene. Springer. Haynes, Gary. 2002. The Early Settlement of North America: The Clovis ...

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This is a drawing of the Pleistocene landscape. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the ...