Butchery marks on an extinct kangaroo fossil found off the Eyre Peninsula's west coast could reveal a possible human and megafauna relationship.
abc.net.au/news/sa-fossil-reveals-possible-human-megafauna-interaction/101948750Palaeontologists say the discovery of a fossil off Eyre Peninsula's west coast could present possible evidence of human and megafauna interaction between 40,000 and 120,000 years ago.
Brothers Island, located between Coffin Bay and the finger of land known as Little Douglas, was mined in the late 1800s for guano, which is rich in a compound called phosphate. "One of the most air punching moments for me was when we were actually filtering through the material and we pulled out the jaw of a thylacine … which is a very enigmatic animal in Australia."Mr Brown said while it was hard to determine the age of the fossil, the deposit it was in could be up to 120,000 years old.He said there were a number of reasons why the animals may have ended up in the cave site, including to seek shelter or by falling inside.
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