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Ancient large kangaroo moved mainly on four legs, according to new research - EurekAlert


A type of extinct kangaroo that lived during the Pleistocene around two and a half million to ten thousand years ago, known as the ‘giant wallaby’, was a poor hopper, a study by scientists at the University of Bristol have found.

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