Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giant Beasts? | DOCUMENTARY

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Narrated by Hugh Jackman this journey into prehistoric Australia to uncovers how massive megafauna—like the two-ton Diprotodon—vanished from the outback. Along the way we discover startling new evidence that rewrites the extinction story. Subscribe: https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Watch the full series on ABC ivew: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/megafauna-what-killed-australia-s-giants Chapters: 00:00 Ice Age Australia and the Megafauna Puzzle 00:48 Lake Callabonna: A Fossil Goldmine 01:19 Diprotodon Uncovered: Largest Marsupial Ever 03:06 Footprints and Soft Tissue: Rare Preservation 04:35 A Muddy Grave: Climate Shifts & Mass Death 05:30 Local vs. Continental Extinction 06:10 Sediment Cores at Welsby Lagoon 07:06 Dung Fungi Data: Tracing Megafauna Decline 09:06 The Human Factor: Final Extinction Clues #HughJackman #Megafauna #Diprotodon #ABCScience Subscribe: https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Like: https://www.facebook.com/ABCScience Follow: https://www.instagram.com/ABCHealth --------------------------------------------------------------- This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Please see the ABC Online Terms of Use for the reasons why we may remove content from this page, or ban people: http://about.abc.net.au/terms-of-use/