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New Fossils Reveal Extinct Koala Relatives in Australia

Updated 2026-05-06 01:15 UTC 1 source Neutral

Fossil discoveries in Western Australia have revealed that there were at least two kinds of koalas when humans first arrived on the continent, but one species died out about 30,000 years ago due to environmental changes.

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Extinct relative of koalas discovered in Western Australia

Fossils reveal that there were at least two kinds of koala when humans first arrived in Australia, but one died out about 30,000 years ago when the west of the continent dried out

2026-05-06 00:01 UTC