This unique ancient megabeast had perpetually 'bent' elbows
- Written by Hazel L. Richards, PhD candidate, Monash University
Imagine going through life with your arms permanently bent and locked at the elbows. Awkward, right?
Until recently we thought the mega-marsupial Palorchestes azael lived exactly like this. This rare, distant relative of the wombat became extinct (along with much of Australia’s megafauna) about 40,000 years ago.
But our research, published tod...