A new study describes how a small bone fragment indicates that a giant predatory lizard akin to the Komodo Dragon likely lived alongside Aborigines on the Australian continent about 50,000 years ago.

Giant prehistoric lizards likely roamed Earth during the same time as humans, according to recent research.


And, for the first time, scientists believe they have the evidence to confirm that people should be considered a factor in their extinction along with climate change. 


These revised historical views are based on the discovery of a tiny bone, about a third of an inch long, which was found buried deep in a cave in Australia.


The fossil has been