Humans linked to extinction of megafauna in Tasmania

Source: http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/post/14491093518/a-marsupial-lion-thylacoleo-carnifex-chases-down


In the picture above, a marsupial lion chases down giant kangaroos (Protemnodon sp.) during the pleistocene epoch of Australia.


Marsupial lions may not have been the only hunters of giant kangaroos and other megafauna, with new evidence suggesting that Tasmanian megafauna became extinct soon after humans arrived from the Australian mainland. Read more about it in my article here on the ANSTO website.