http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/29/ancient-koalas-had-the-pick-of-not-so-tough-nosh/ environmental news, opinion and photographs from James Woodford Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/29/ancient-koalas-had-the-pick-of-not-so-tough-nosh/comment-page-1/#comment-13527 Nancy Lovato Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:27:53 +0000 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/29/ancient-koalas-had-the-pick-of-not-so-tough-nosh/#comment-13527 An interesting article... I would love to visit some of these fossil sites in Qld to see for myself some of these ancient remnants of the local fauna! An interesting article… I would love to visit some of these fossil sites in Qld to see for myself some of these ancient remnants of the local fauna!

]]> http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/29/ancient-koalas-had-the-pick-of-not-so-tough-nosh/comment-page-1/#comment-5948 allan kessing Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:48:49 +0000 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/29/ancient-koalas-had-the-pick-of-not-so-tough-nosh/#comment-5948 Dr Archer has identified many carnivorous kangaroo fossils so I'm surprised that he didn't consider this a carnivore/omnivore jaw - look at the slicing edges to the leading teeth, about where our incisors are. The disappearance of really large carnivores as Oz dried in the millennia before humans is a good metaphor for the unsustainability of living at the top of the food/resource chain. Dr Archer has identified many carnivorous kangaroo fossils so I’m surprised that he didn’t consider this a carnivore/omnivore jaw – look at the slicing edges to the leading teeth, about where our incisors are.
The disappearance of really large carnivores as Oz dried in the millennia before humans is a good metaphor for the unsustainability of living at the top of the food/resource chain.

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