Oldest fossils yet of African penguins found
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By Tia GhoseLiveScience Penguin fossils from 10 million to 12 million years ago have been unearthed in South Africa, the oldest fossil evidence of these cuddly, tuxedoed birds in Africa.The new discovery, detailed in Tuesday's issue of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, could shed light on why the number of penguin species plummeted on Africa's coastline from four species 5 million yea...