Closest Living Relative of Ancient Elephant Bird Is Tiny

Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 13:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Ostriches and their flightless relatives like elephant birds are found across the globe not because continental drift forced them apart, but rather, the ancestors of these birds spread across the world through flight, and only later became flightless.

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