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Decoding the Koala: New Genomic Research Rewrites the Timeline of Australia’s Iconic Marsupial

By Jia Lissa

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July 20, 2026

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For generations, the evolutionary narrative of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) has been tethered to the arrival of humans in Australia. Conventional wisdom suggested that these iconic marsupials suffered a catastrophic population collapse roughly…