The Megafauna at Lake Mungo
When archaeologists were studying Lake Mungo they discovered bones that came from megafauna ‘Big Animals’, which were giant animals that used to live in Australia, these animals no longer exist on Earth.
These animals included the Giant Emu, Giant Wombat, Giant Lion, Tasmanian Tiger, Giant Lizard and Giant Kangaroo. The megafauna became extinct when people came to live in Australia, so did they die off naturally or did humans kill them?
THEORY 1 Climate change wiped out the megafauna
THEORY 2 Human hunting wiped out the megafauna
THEORY 3 Humans used fire, and this wiped out the megafauna
THEORY1:
1. The climate became drier
2. This decreased the amount
When archaeologists were studying Lake Mungo they discovered bones that came from megafauna ‘Big Animals’, which were giant animals that used to live in Australia, these animals no longer exist on Earth.
These animals included the Giant Emu, Giant Wombat, Giant Lion, Tasmanian Tiger, Giant Lizard and Giant Kangaroo. The megafauna became extinct when people came to live in Australia, so did they die off naturally or did humans kill them?
THEORY 1 Climate change wiped out the megafauna
THEORY 2 Human hunting wiped out the megafauna
THEORY 3 Humans used fire, and this wiped out the megafauna
THEORY1:
1. The climate became drier
2. This decreased the amount