Tasmanian devils lived with people in outback Western Australia 45,000 years ago, new fossils show

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What happened

Tasmanian devils are among Australia's most distinctive mammals.

Stocky, powerful and famously noisy, wild populations are now restricted to Tasmania.

But this was not always the case.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:20:01 UTC.

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