Extinct moa rewrites New Zealand's history

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 17:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

DNA recovered from fossilised bones of the moa, a giant extinct bird, has revealed a new geological history of New Zealand, reports a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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