Meet the Biggest and Most Bizarre Skink Ever Found in Australia. It Became Extinct 47,000 Years Ago
Many of the giant marsupials and birds that roamed ancient Australia vanished 40,000 years ago. While the duration and drivers of these extinctions remain debated, fossils clearly show the continent lost a host of creatures that would have dwarfed humans. These giant creatures included short-faced kangaroos, diprotodons, “thunderbirds,” giant goannas, and giant skinks. Our study ...
