Fossil-Filled Australian Caves May Be 500,000 Years Older Than We Thought, Study Finds

Posted on September 28, 2022

South Australia’s Naracoorte Caves is one of the world’s best fossil sites, containing a record spanning more than half a million years.

Among the remains preserved in layers of sand are the bones of many iconic Australian megafauna species that became extinct between 48,000 and 37,000 years ago.