The findings challenge long-held beliefs about human interaction with Australia’s prehistoric megafauna. Professor Mike Archer, a palaeontologist and fossil specialist from the University of New South Wales, reflected on the limitations of past technologies in studying these ancient relics. He was also a contributor to a previous study on a significant bone find.

Archer pointed out, “If ancient humans were indeed responsible for overhunting Australia’s megafauna to extinction, we would expect to uncover numerous pieces of evidence showing hunting or butchering activities in the fossil record. Instead, the only tangible evidence we had was a single bone, and now we have substantial proof that the incisions on it were not made while the creature was alive.”