Extinct moa rewrites New Zealand's history
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 12:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolutionary history of New Zealand's many extinct flightless moa has been re-written in the first comprehensive study of more than 260 sub-fossil specimens to combine all known genetic, anatomical, geological and ecological information about the unique bird lineage.