First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, ancient proteins confirm

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First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, ancient proteins confirm

Scientists settle debate surrounding species that laid eggs exploited by early Australian people around 50,000 years ago. Shell proteins point to Genyornis, which was among the 'mega-fauna' to go extinct a few thousand years after humans arrived on the continent.