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Line 30: − − However, "creation science" has been shown to have massive flaws and to be based more on religious faith than science. Evolutionary biology identifies over 60 smaller macropods closely related to the kangaroo in the family [[Macropodidae]]. − − ===Prehistoric kangaroo genera=== − * ''[[Procoptodon]]'', largest leaf-eating kangaroo<ref name="megafauna">{{cite web | title = Fauna found at the Naracoorte fossil site | url = http://www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/megafauna/fauna/fauna.htm | accessdate = 2007-01-06}}</ref> − * ''[[Sthenurus]]'', "Strong Tail"<ref>{{cite web | title = The Sthenurines | publisher = [[Museum Victoria]] | year = 2005 | url = http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/prehistoric/mammals/sthenurines.html | accessdate = 2006-12-31 }}</ref> − * ''[[Propleopus]]'', carnivorous kangaroo during the [[pliocene]] and [[pleistocene]] periods (e.g. giant rat kangaroo)<ref name="megafauna"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.amonline.net.au/mammals/fossil/killer_rat.htm | title = The Killer Rat-Kangaroo's Tooth | accessdate = 2007-01-06}}</ref> − * ''[[Simosthenurus]]'', [[leaf-eating]] (browsing) kangaroos<ref name="megafauna"/>
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Other views on kangaroo origins include the belief of some Australian [[aborigines]] that kangaroos were sung into existence by their ancestors during the "[[Dreamtime]]" <ref>[http://www.painsley.org.uk/RE/signposts/y8/1-1creationandenvironment/c-abor.htm "An Aborigine Creation Story"]</ref> and the evolutionary view that kangaroos and the other marsupials evolved from a common marsupial ancestor which lived millions of years ago.<ref>http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/australia.html</ref> It should be noted that these are not scientific viewpoints, but religious theories.
Other views on kangaroo origins include the belief of some Australian [[aborigines]] that kangaroos were sung into existence by their ancestors during the "[[Dreamtime]]" <ref>[http://www.painsley.org.uk/RE/signposts/y8/1-1creationandenvironment/c-abor.htm "An Aborigine Creation Story"]</ref> and the evolutionary view that kangaroos and the other marsupials evolved from a common marsupial ancestor which lived millions of years ago.<ref>http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/australia.html</ref> It should be noted that these are not scientific viewpoints, but religious theories.
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