55 Million Year Old Parrot Fossil Discovered In Scandinavia
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 12:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Palaeontologists have discovered fossil remains in Scandinavia of parrots dating back 55 million years. The fossils indicate that parrots once flew wild over what is now Norway and Denmark. Parrots today live only in the tropics and southern hemisphere, but this new research suggests that they first evolved in the North, much earlier than had been thought.