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Published online 24 January 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070122-7
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Treasure trove of fossils found Down Under
Australian bones could shed light on prehistoric extinction mystery.
The skeletons of eight new species of extinct kangaroo have been found amongst a bounty of fossils beneath the arid Nullarbor plain in south-central Australia.
In three caves, researchers unearthed the remains of 69 vertebrate species, plus a mollusc, that lived between 800,000 and 200,000 years ago1.
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