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IELTS Academic Reading — Test 9, Passage 3

Australia's Megafauna Controversy

Questions 27–40 of Reading Test 9. Do it online and every answer is marked the moment you finish, with your band score and the exact line of the passage each answer came from.

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Just how long did humans live side by side with megafauna in Australia? Barry Brook, Richard Gillespie and Paul Martin dispute previous claims of a lengthy coexistence. Over the past 50 millennia, Australia has witnessed the extinction of many species of large animals, including rhinoceros-sized…

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