Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa

Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 14:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists have revealed the African origins of New Zealand's most mysterious giant flightless bird -- the now extinct adzebill -- showing that some of its closest living relatives are the pint-sized flufftails from Madagascar and Africa.

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