Giant Lizard fossil found in Capricorn Caves, Australia offers more information about early Australians
GIANT LIZARD FOSSIL FOUND IN CAPRICORN CAVES, AUSTRALIA OFFERS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EARLY AUSTRALIANS
@ Researchers at the University of Queensland have found strong evidence of giant killer lizards living in Australia during the same time when early Australians settled on the continent .// The research team found tiny fossils at Capricorn Caves near Rockhampton .// ©The fossils have been estimated to be 50,000 years old .// Earliest aborigines might have lived along with giant lizards on the continent, according to research findings published in the Quaternary Science Reviews .//
@ According to vertebrate palaeoecologist Dr Gilbert Price from University of Queensland, his team found a fossil of giant lizard during excavation in one of the Capricorn Caves .// ©The caves have been an inspirational source since 1900 and have provided some amazing fossils .// This could be the first evidence that the early human race in Australia might have lived closely to the giant killer lizard .//
@ So, the stories about giant lizards from the Australian folklore may carry some weight .// As the research team led by Dr .// Price dated the fossils, they found that the lizard fossil was from the same time when ancestors of Aboriginal Australians first arrived in Australia .// ©The lizard fossil found near Rockhampton is 50,000 years old .//