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An illustration of Palorchestes azael, a marsupial tapir from the Pleistocene of Australia. There is evidence that this extinct species is depicted in rock art from the Kimberley. Nobu Tamura/Wikimedia Commons

Of bunyips and other beasts: living memories of long‑extinct creatures in art and stories

Patrick D. Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast and Luiza Corral Martins de Oliveira Ponciano, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)

It is plausible to suppose that human memories of long-extinct creatures today underpin many stories we have generally regarded as fiction.

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