‘End of the Megafauna’ examines why so many giant Ice Age animals went extinct
New book's colorful illustrations also offer perspective of just how large these creatures were
![Goanna](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/111018_review_megafauna_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
VANISHING ACT A relative of the Komodo dragon, this goanna, shown attacking a wallaby, lived in Australia 50,000 years ago. What happened to this and other extinct giant animals is the subject of a new book.
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