Posted on 10/03/2015 7:44:05 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
While the concept of men battling 16foot prehistoric lizards sounds like something out of a 50s sci-fi flick, a new discovery in Australia has revealed that such encounters may have occurred. According to a study appearing in Quaternary Science Reviews, researchers from the University of Queensland have found a tiny fossil that belonged to a giant lizard bone 50,000 years ago, indicating that gigantic reptiles and humans once coexisted.
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That looks like an over grown Komodo Dragon: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/komodo-dragon/
"Even though the osteoderm is only around 1 cm long, we can tell that itâs from a huge lizard, either the Komodo Dragon or an even bigger species called Megalania Prisca," Price explained. "Most people might not realize that Komodos used to roam all over Australia -- in fact, the oldest fossil records suggest that they actually evolved here, some 3.5 million years ago."IOW, call off the tickertape parade.
No, no, no, no, I don’t smoke no more,
I’m tired of waking up on the back of a giant lizard dressed as a caveman
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