Egg hunt to find Ice Age parents
The hunt is on to find the rightful parents of a fossil egg that reputedly belongs to an extinct ancient bird from the Australian Ice Age.
The hunt is on to find the rightful parents of a fossil egg that reputedly belongs to an extinct ancient bird from the Australian Ice Age.
Research published in the journal Science shows the kiwi’s closest relative to be the Madagascan elephant bird – and they both once flew.
The kiwi is not a dwarf version of a distant ancestor but more likely evolved from a tiny bird that could have flown from Australia, according to a Flinders palaeontologist.