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Discovery of a 50,000-Year-Old Short-Faced Kangaroo Skeleton

A group of cavers find and work with paleontologists to excavate a 50,000-year-old short-faced kangaroo skeleton in a cave, detailing the process of retrieving the 150 bones over 58 hours spanning two years. The chapter explores the unique characteristics of the extinct short-faced kangaroo, which was a heavy ground-dwelling animal that existed alongside other megafauna in Australia.

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