'Unlike anything today': Gippsland fossil unlocks secrets of kangaroo that died out 46,000 years ago

Abrupt extinction of short-faced kangaroo a reminder to protect the environment, palaeontologists sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesWhen a caver and Gippsland local, Joshua Van Dyk, stumbled across the fossilised remains of a kangaroo species that had been extinct for about 46,000 years, it seemed as though the macropod was making eye contact with him."It had fallen behind some rocks ? and was looking straight at me," Joshua recalls of the 2011 discovery he made in a cave near Buchan in east Gippsland.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...