Humans to Blame for Giant Wingless Bird's Extinction, Study Says
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 20:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossils are all that's left of the giant wingless birds called moa that once roamed New Zealand. These big-bodied megaherbivores, some of them weighing up to 550 pounds (250 kilograms), disappeared soon after Polynesians colonized the islands in the late 13th century.