Giant Kangaroos Hopped: New Insights into Ancient Movement
Over 50,000 years ago, Australia was home to Procoptodon goliah, a kangaroo species weighing up to 250kg – roughly the size of a small motorbike. For decades, paleontologists debated how such a massive marsupial moved. Could it have truly hopped, or was it relegated to a slower, more energy-intensive waddle? New research, published in Scientific … Read more