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In 1830, European settlers found a slew of giant bones at Wellington Caves, 350 kilometers (210 miles) northwest of Sydney, Australia. At first they imagined the remains belonged to elephants swept there by Noah's biblical flood, then it became clear that new ideas were needed to explain these strange fossils.
Read more: iflscience.com/how-these-caves-alerted-the-world-to-australias-unusual-megafauna-and-helped-inspire-darwins-theory-of-evolution-83938
In 1830, European settlers found a slew of giant bones at Wellington Caves, 350 kilometers (210 miles) northwest of Sydney, Australia. At first they imagined the remains belonged to elephants swept there by Noah's biblical flood, then it became clear that new ideas were needed to explain these strange fossils.
Read more: iflscience.com/how-these-caves-alerted-the-world-to-australias-unusual-megafauna-and-helped-inspire-darwins-theory-of-evolution-83938
