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Posted Tue Aug 12 2008: from PNAS, via ScienceDaily: Humans Implicated In Prehistoric Animal Extinctions With New Evidence http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1218543413 The new study provides the first evidence that Tasmania's giant kangaroos and marsupial 'rhinos' and 'leopards' were still roaming the island when humans first arrived [43,000 years ago]. The findings suggest that the mass extinction of Tasmania's large prehistoric animals was the result of human hunting, and not climate change as previously believed. [Read more stories about: anthropogenic change, hunting to extinction] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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