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Science & Breakthroughs

These underwater bones could solve a mystery about extinct giants

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These underwater bones could solve a mystery about extinct giants

Animal bones preserved in South Australia’s underwater caves reveal distinctive clues shaped by darkness, algae, bacteria, and other environmental conditions. The findings give scientists a powerful new way to reconstruct how ancient megafauna remains entered and survived in submerged cave systems.

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