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Early humans wiped out Australia's giants

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Climate not to blame for the extinction of Australia's big animals.

Humans, not climate change, caused the mass extinction of Australia's giant animals, such as huge kangaroos, tens of thousands of years ago.

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  1. Cheryl Jones
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