Kangaroos thrive on tough grass using thick enamel instead of complex teeth, revealing an unexpected path in evolution.
Flinders University researchers have discovered that kangaroos evolved unusually thick tooth enamel to cope with the abrasive effects of grassland diets. Unlike hoofed grazers with tall, complex teeth ...
New research led by Flinders University argues thick tooth enamel helped kangaroos chart an unconventional evolution story, ...
Tens of thousands of years ago, nearly two dozen kangaroo species vanished, part of a great extinction event. Science reporter Ari Daniel says hundreds of prehistoric teeth may now help ...
In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species. New research suggests climate change played a much smaller role than once thought, though not all agree. Tens ...