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The giant bird in Australia is extinct due to excessive hunting
About 50,000 years ago, a large bird in Australia was extinct, because humans considered their eggs a very good and nutritious food source.
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Discover rare 2,000-year-old pearls in Australia
Natural sea pearls excavated in an Australian archaeological site in 2011 dating back 2,000 years.
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Found blood cells in dinosaur fossil foundations of 75 million years
The scientists discovered residual traces of red blood cells and connective tissue in dinosaur fossil foundations of 75 million years old.
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Discover the largest crater on Earth
Scientists believe that the Australian cracks are a trace of the largest crater ever created when meteorites hit Earth.
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Australian volcano caused the first extinction in history
A Curtin University researcher has demonstrated that the ancient volcanic eruptions in Australia 510 million years ago have caused significant impacts on the climate, ca…
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Australia discovered cannons dating from 250 years ago
The 107cm long gun, a type of light anti-infantry light artillery, was found by a young boy at Dundee beach to the southwest of Darwin.
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The oldest sign of life
Scientists have recently found traces of bacteria 3.5 billion years ago, in a layer of sedimentary rock in Australia.
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Discover the largest platypus fossil in Australia
There are no mammals that are living but unusual in platypus. It has a large beak, like a bird's beak, thick, hairy-like, and its legs are like a beaver.
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The discovery of special wombat fossils in Australia
Australian archaeologists have unearthed very prehistoric koalas in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
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Australia found fossils tens of millions of years old
Rare traces of a crocodile species and some other fossils dating back to 50 million years have been discovered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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The discovery may change the history of Australia
The coins were identified dating back to the 900s. Researchers believe they originate from the ancient Kingdom of Kilwa in Africa (today near Tanzania).
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New discovery about the first 'migrants' to Australia
According to a study published Jan. 15, the Indian subcontinent brought both Dingo who migrated to the Australian continent and lived together with the Aboriginal people…
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The oldest rock art in Australia
Archaeologists have unveiled an aboriginal rock art created 28,000 years ago in a remote cave in Northern Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia. These art photos w…
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Australia is the first explorer country in the world
The study also revealed that the ancestors of Australian aborigines were separated from the world's first modern humans leaving Africa.
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Detecting traces of prehistoric tailed eagle
Australian paleontologists believe that they have discovered evidence of a prehistoric sharp-tailed eagle in the Western Australian Plain of Nullarbor, which was previou…