Giant killer lizards shared Australia with first Aborigines: UQ researchers

By Cameron Atfield
Updated October 12 2015 - 10:08am, first published September 24 2015 - 6:03pm
Osteoderm (skin bone) of the giant monitor lizard from the Colosseum Chamber at the Capricorn Caves. Photo: Gilbert Price
Osteoderm (skin bone) of the giant monitor lizard from the Colosseum Chamber at the Capricorn Caves. Photo: Gilbert Price

Some of Australia's earliest human inhabitants may have had to deal with giant predator lizards that weighed up to half a tonne, Queensland researchers have found.